| 单词 | classical |
| 释义 | classical (klæsɪkəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content. Fokine did not change the steps of classical ballet; instead he found new ways of using them. ...the scientific attitude of Smith and earlier classical economists. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2 Classical music is music that is considered to be serious and of lasting value. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Classical is used to describe things which relate to the ancient Greek or Roman civilizations. ...the healers of ancient Egypt and classical Greece. It's a technological achievement that is unrivalled in the classical world. ...classical architecture. Synonyms: Greek, Roman, Latin, Attic 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A classical language is a form of a language that was used in ancient times and is now no longer used, or only used in formal writing. ...a line of classical Arabic poetry. Quotations: The great tragedy of the classical languages is to have been born twins Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human raceTropic of Cancer That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surfaceZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Collocations: classical column Does she look - as she'd hoped - like a spaghetti-strapped classical column in human form? Times, Sunday Times The best-known feature was the ruined classical column, large enough to hold a residence inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The term may also be applied to spiraling stop-fluting running up a classical column. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Formerly the city's general post office, the building was completed in 1928 and dominated the city skyline, thanks to the huge classical columns and the lighthouse on its roof. Times, Sunday Times His eye may have been conditioned to expect more fantasy: swags and drapes in the backgrounds along with classical columns and urns, elevated emotion and hinted allure. The Times Literary Supplement He was also a classical composer, a writer of fiction and a visual artist. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The tendency there is to interpret him as a classical composer. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I would have been a classical composer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They've connected traditional and classical composition with contemporary, accessible melodies. Christianity Today If you've ever thought of doing a spot of classical composition, here are a few tips. Times, Sunday Times I have an outline of the key players in 20th-century classical composition. Times, Sunday Times The concerti are considered hallmarks of twenty-first century classical composition, and have been performed many times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The gardens are a classical composition of lawns, avenues, eight parterres around a central basin, hedges, and small groves of trees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Less than two years ago, the prospects for classical concert life in our capital city began to look very rosy indeed. Times, Sunday Times Chat, chill, work on your laptop, borrow one of its books and catch an art talk, classical concert or jam session. Times, Sunday Times The basic form of the classical concert has remained unchanged for about 140 years. Times, Sunday Times This was, however, more of a classical concert than a pop one. Times, Sunday Times Throughout the evening, which starts long after your average classical concert has ended, and finishes well after bedtime, there are live performances. Times, Sunday Times Going out to watch a punk rock band at night and doing classical dance during the day just didn't work. Times, Sunday Times It juxtaposes simple and intricate juggling, rudimentary classical dance and spoken text. Times, Sunday Times As the classical dance form gained more global attention, it was able to transcend art and enter the realm of high culture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As recently as last year she was directing classical dance troupes on performances abroad. Times,Sunday Times Now, one of the biggest ballet stars of the past 15 years takes his farewell to classical dance to a wider audience. Times, Sunday Times He was a fine classical dancer, but it was his dramatic flair that made him stand out from the crowd. Times,Sunday Times So, for the time being at least, his career as a classical dancer will have to take a back seat. Times, Sunday Times For many years she was the country's bestknown classical dancer. Times, Sunday Times She was not a classical dancer in the strict sense of the term. Times, Sunday Times You can tell a ballroom dancer when they're standing in the street, just as you can tell a classical dancer. Times, Sunday Times In this most deeply nuanced recital you felt the entire classical era of music inside him, keeping him company, guiding and shaping. Times, Sunday Times It provides more than 500 axioms, from the classical era to the present day. Times, Sunday Times Asymmetrical phrasing, whole-tone scales, and polytonality are foreign to music of the classical era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This trade network continued all the way into the classical era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Legends about magnetic mountains go back to the classical era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He went home and improvised on a classical guitar. Times, Sunday Times But there was a much bigger problem: the nature of the classical guitar itself and its core repertoire, as displayed in a solo recital. Times, Sunday Times Classical guitar playing tripled to 15 per cent and electric guitar playing from 1 per cent to 9 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The lute sounded glorious - like a classical guitar but fuller and more ripened. Times, Sunday Times It's incongruous to think of this gentle character, armed only with his classical guitar, holding court at an industry shindig. Times, Sunday Times Participant of many various international festivals both like classical guitarist and jazz music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early in life, he also trained as a classical guitarist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Classical guitarist, composer, author, photographer, and graphic artist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this period he also began formal training as a classical guitarist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only acoustic guitars with nylon strings - the type preferred by classical guitarists - will be allowed. Times, Sunday Times It's far more innovative to use a classical instrument in a way it's never been played before. Times, Sunday Times I write music that explores the marriage between nature, classical instruments and my instrument - the computer, the machine. Times, Sunday Times And until recently the country had no institutions to train musicians in western classical instruments. Times, Sunday Times At worst, the classical instruments add an extra layer of cheese. The Sun The band only played on classical instruments (violins, cello, bass and drums). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or, possibly, did - as shards of the classical language they speak so fluently pass through their bodies, they seem haunted by their uncanny art. Times, Sunday Times It's a chance to embrace every aspect of the classical language in a single night. Times, Sunday Times Both combinations would be condemned, though, by prescriptive school grammars based on the classical language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The script was also used less formally to record local varieties, which had over time diverged from the classical language and each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some believed the curriculum should be toughened up, but there was little improvement after the implementation of measures to emphasize classical language and math in secondary schools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, classical liberalism stresses equality for all under the law. canada.com Both are part of a political movement that some are calling classical liberalism. Times, Sunday Times Specific areas of research include constitutional systems, voting methods and electoral systems, public spending and classical liberalism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The party has been ideologically heterogenous, ranging from classical liberalism to social democracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In waging this quixotic campaign, he was a key figure in the last stand of classical liberalism as a political movement in the nineteenth century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One half of him wanted to please the powerful, gain their respect and lead them to high ideals by moral instruction derived from classical literature. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes he spouts nonsense that has got nothing to do with classical literature at all. Times, Sunday Times Yet he wrote of the law, philosophy, history, classical literature, courtly life, soldiering, medicine and much else. Times, Sunday Times As well as encouraging outdoor pursuits and challenges, it also cultivated a love and understanding of the expressive arts, particularly classical literature and music. Times, Sunday Times The editors' stress on plurality starts with the title page, which dismisses the notion of a single privileged 'reception' of classical literature in favour of many 'receptions'. The Times Literary Supplement Even a classical musician once told me he agreed: mood suggestion insults the intelligence and producers overlook the power of silence. Times, Sunday Times She was a talented classical musician, despite lateonset hearing loss; she loved theatre, literature and poetry, and worked as a translator. Times,Sunday Times But there's also the level of intelligence you meet being a classical musician: the conductors, the composers. Times, Sunday Times It might be the classical musician in me. The Sun If you are putting yourself before the paying public, even as a classical musician, looks matter. Times, Sunday Times But how on earth could it all be possible, any more than the classical myth of a golden age? Christianity Today It's like a classical myth in the scale of its audacity. Times, Sunday Times Names are charged and classical myth pervasive. Times, Sunday Times In the classical myth, he flew using the flying sandals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to explicating classical myth and stories to reveal a hidden conflict between good and evil in them, they wrote into their own texts different versions of the conflict. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sceptical mystic and inquiring rationalist, he explored the realms of classical mythology as well as scientific research in his philosophical quest. Times, Sunday Times As each reaches up to a richly laden apple bough, the boundaries between classical mythology and biblical legend are blurred. Times, Sunday Times For readers steeped in classical mythology, the story's antecedents seem obvious. Times,Sunday Times Poetry at the time was still obsessed with classical mythology, epic stories and purple prose rather than ordinary people. Times,Sunday Times The whole action-adventure/role-playing genre owes such a massive debt to the structure of classical mythology that it's a wonder it hasn't been more thoroughly plundered before now. Times, Sunday Times Dal considered some forms of 20th-century modern art barbaric and attempted in his art and writings to promote a more classical painting style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sensation offered by classical painting was very limited: to only one point of view, from a single point in space and frozen in time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of his themes were borrowed from classical painting but distorted, ground into multiple fragments and reinvented. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From literary evidence, there may well have been panel icons which, like almost all classical painting, have disappeared. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he was twelve years old, he began to study classical painting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After high school, he enrolled full-time and, of all the students in his year, was thought to have the brightest future as a classical pianist. Times, Sunday Times No classical pianist with a recording contract can ignore him for long. Times,Sunday Times Recovering, she began to flourish as a linguist and a classical pianist. The Times Literary Supplement A classical pianist who dabbled in jazz during his career, he said he had been lucky to have a small keyboard in his room to play during the lockdown. Times,Sunday Times She trained as a classical pianist, and studied singing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I bought a classical piano book and practiced the familiar sonatas for hours. Christianity Today This non-profit organisation says that it's the largest resource for free classical piano recordings with people making 500,000 downloads every month. Times, Sunday Times I also spent a lot of time learning to play classical piano. Times, Sunday Times I've always played classical piano. Times, Sunday Times A classical piano soundtrack accompanies the story. Times, Sunday Times Flipping himself backwards on the piano stool he leans back, crosses his hands and proceeds to belt out a classical piece. Times, Sunday Times The star mastered it in three months, having been warned that such a classical piece would normally take about 12 years to learn. The Sun This was the first time a western classical piece had been sung in this language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This classical piece of mathematics requires a substantial amount of abstraction that usually tends to puzzle beginners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A month after he enrolled in the school, he performed a classical piece on a local radio station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each one had to recite a piece of classical poetry and modern verse. Times, Sunday Times In modern editions of classical poetry some elements of this system are still used if they are important for rhyme or metrics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In his poems, he used rhyme and alliteration similarly to the way they had come to be used in classical poetry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was in order to mirror long and short syllables used in classical poetry, which in contemporary poetry would be stress accents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His poetry was first influenced by the classical poetry and later by the national epic poetry of the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And it suits the classical recording industry, whose bedrock has always been music already well-known — though if that remained the sum of their offer we'd all be in serious trouble. Times, Sunday Times The collection of songs on each album assemble contributions from a diverse and global range of pop, folk, world music, avant-garde, and classical recording acts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, she has sold more than 300,000 records as a solo classical recording artist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A year after his return he was made manager of the company's classical recording division, a position of great influence in the classical music world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He began to work as a freelance bassist in classical recording studios and on the jazz scene. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But gradually his range of classical reference, his jazz-like improvisations and the reductive sense of loss his art engendered won a wide audience. Times, Sunday Times This shows in the lyricism of the frequent descriptive passages, imbued with symbolism and classical references. The Times Literary Supplement This joke and other classical references largely appeared to fall flat in the nearly deserted hall. Times,Sunday Times As affable and loquacious as his flaxen-haired boss (minus the classical references), the deputy mayor for housing, land and property also seems to favour slightly dishevelled, untucked-shirt chic. Times, Sunday Times Despite a mode of speech that was by turns sardonic, poetic and laced with classical references, he wrote in a factual, unexpressive style and with astute judgment. Times, Sunday Times It has no classical ruins and no great historical sites. Times, Sunday Times Here, too, were fake classical ruins, but they were demolished a generation later. The Times Literary Supplement He was passionate about classical ruins, spending hours photographing them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Classical ruins jut into the scene from the pictures right edge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That series has frequently resorted to employing two co-translators/editors, one a classical scholar, the other a poet. The Times Literary Supplement He was a superb linguist and classical scholar. Christianity Today The task of deciphering and publishing them has been keeping the new species of classical scholar known as the 'papyrologist' quiet ever since. The Times Literary Supplement He was an excellent linguist and good classical scholar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Besides having a special knowledge of chemistry he was an accomplished classical scholar, and also excelled in mathematics and mechanics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Few politicians are asked what piece of classical sculpture they resemble. Times, Sunday Times Wander round any gallery of classical sculpture and you will find that the ancient wrestlers and boxers were bearded while the charioteers were almost invariably shaven. Times, Sunday Times Her images encompass everything from classical sculpture to urban street life, transforming the mundane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other works from the family collection of classical sculpture were also housed in the palace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studies on the plaster casts of classical sculpture he led in purely impressive mode, in which forgiving executives completely did not complain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the pressure was on for him to maintain his reputation as a leading classical singer in the world's great opera houses. Times, Sunday Times She comes from a family of artists and musicians, hankers to be a classical singer, travels the world and knows everybody. Times, Sunday Times A classical singer who has crossed into the mainstream, he brings together some well-known classics. The Sun Things have not been any easier for the classical singer when she has been out and about. The Sun As did her career as a classical singer. Times, Sunday Times Originally, the classical statue held a fountain above her head; the insect wasn’t added for another 30 years. Smithsonian Mag The calm repose of a classical statue turns into something snakish and writhing. Times, Sunday Times This life-size portrait of an air-pawing stallion, its flaxen mane and tail aflow as it rises to the levade, prances like some classical statue come to life. Times, Sunday Times The mannequin you meet as you enter, as artfully composed in her 1930 photographic self-portrait as a classical statue, comes rapidly to an ever more forceful new life. Times, Sunday Times A handsome art student draws the classical statues. Times, Sunday Times The cavalry would then sweep through the breach and quickly end the war, in classical style. Times, Sunday Times If you want a classical style, look no further. The Sun There he will live in an 18th-century chateau built in classical style. Times, Sunday Times In classical style, the composer and conductor have predetermined the outcome. Christianity Today She had a powerful, creamy voice that was irresistible, whether she was singing in classical style or the dance-oriented rhythms of pop and disco. Times, Sunday Times Of the subtlety and expressive variety classical technique can achieve, however, nary a trace. Times, Sunday Times The eight dancers are at their best in the frolicking allegro, while the adagio sections expose troubling weaknesses in their classical technique. Times, Sunday Times Folk accents bring the sophisticated classical technique down to earth, while bubbles of humour help to lighten the mood. Times, Sunday Times But you need a good base of classical technique. Times, Sunday Times The classical technique was not developed for aesthetic reasons, it has its basis in the ideas of risk-management and cricketing longevity. Times, Sunday Times None of these translations was primarily designed to give access to a classical text for those excluded by their education or class. The Times Literary Supplement Gradually such herbals included more and more direct observations, eventually supplanting the classical text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students came to know him for his bathetic observations about classical texts. Times,Sunday Times These civil servants were selected by examination for their mastery of classical texts. The Times Literary Supplement One problem confronts not the translator alone, but every reader of classical texts: are we reading what the author wrote? The Times Literary Supplement But the classical theatre, though less financially rewarding, brought him much satisfaction and prestige. Times, Sunday Times As often in classical theatre, the director's resistance to pointless modish updating leaves you free to find echoes everywhere. Times, Sunday Times But in each case classical theatre training remains the institution's bread and butter. Times, Sunday Times The company has also worked in the field of classical theatre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early in his career, he became known for translating the classical theatre repertoire to the screen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said he wished he could write poetry in the classical tradition. Times, Sunday Times A tutu and tiara ballet with a cast of 26, it evokes the opulence and grandeur of the 19th-century classical tradition. Times, Sunday Times Dictionaries and the classical tradition were as important as theology. The Times Literary Supplement These works could be seen as book-ending the western classical tradition, and it was illuminating to hear them side by side, and in such bracing, precise, acoustically wellcalculated performances. Times, Sunday Times They stress that the classical tradition comprises not just deliberate appropriations of ancient material, but also 'reflexes' of the classical. The Times Literary Supplement Her undeniably fine voice, her classical training, her musical imaginativeness are all pushed into the background. Times, Sunday Times At heart, he yearned to be a rock star but believed that classical training was the best grounding a singer could get. The Sun His classical training led his fellow musicians to dub him 'maestro'. Times, Sunday Times As before, his classical training and ability to play a wide range of instruments were brought to bear on rootsysounding but deceptively intricate arrangements. Times, Sunday Times The dancers' tell-tale classical training pays dividends. Times, Sunday Times Swaying, bouncing, bending, stamping, he's more like a psyched-up basketball star than a classical violinist. Times, Sunday Times (2007) You might not expect to hear it playing in a nightclub, but a classical violinist has become a chart hit. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Does being a classical violinist preclude a rock'n'roll lifestyle? Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 古典的 Japanese: 伝統的な |
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