| 单词 | overtone |
| 释义 | overtone (oʊvəʳtoʊn ) Word forms: overtones countable noun [usually plural] If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones. Synonyms: connotation, association, suggestion, sense Collocations: political overtones So can we expect to find political overtones in his future work, too? Times, Sunday Times But it's almost too slick for emotional engagement and beyond its generalised political overtones the play lacks solid ideas. Times, Sunday Times Uncertainty and anxiety about the pandemic, combined with the political overtones and partisanship that influence how we respond to new information, create an environment ripe for misinformation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rioting has significant political overtones. Chicago Sun-Times He said that they had already prevented him appearing at an event with political overtones and stopped him appearing on a well-known television show because of misgivings. Times, Sunday Times Are you better positioned if you keep your costs down, or should you just keep the religious overtones out of the marketing message? Christianity Today Adding to some of the religious overtones are choral vocals in the background. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His fiction often has religious overtones or motifs, particularly evident in characters who have no control over their actions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I tried actually to divorce myself from singing with religious overtones or aspects... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To a lesser extent, the conflict acquired religious overtones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 暗示之意 Japanese: 含み |
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