overtones

英 [ˈəʊvətəʊnz]

美 [ˈoʊvərˌtoʊnz]

n.  弦外之音; 言外之意; 暗示
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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
  If something hasovertones ofa particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
  1. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign...
     罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
  2. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
     这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。

双语例句

• Classic Hitchcock mystery with overtones of light comedy and romance, as innocent Donat is pulled into spy-ring activities.
  希区柯克经典与神秘色彩的轻喜剧和浪漫，是无辜的多纳特拖进间谍环活动。
• Do I detect overtones of jealousy?
  我觉察出嫉妒之意了吗？
• Today a trip to the supermarket is fraught with social and political overtones.
  可是今天超市之行却充满了社会与政治色彩。
• It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
  这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
• Software engineering certainly has some negative overtones in the way we tend to use it today.
  在我们今天的用法中，软件工程学的确存在一些负面的色彩。
• The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
  罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
• Cannot be made to sound any notes other than the fundamental and the various overtones.
  除了基音和各种泛音以外，这种体系不能发出其他的音。
• You know them as harmonics or overtones.
  你把它们当做和声或弦外音。
• I knew I should have included a few discreet lesbian overtones in that poem.
  我想也许我该在诗里面隐喻一些女同性恋情结。
• Cartoon Network's urban-flavored "The Boondocks" has already caused a dustup thanks to its and racial and political overtones.
  卡通电视网城市题材的卡通片《森林地带》因为其种族映射和政治暗示而引起骚动。