overtones

英 [ˈəʊvətəʊnz]

美 [ˈoʊvərˌtoʊnz]

n.  弦外之音; 言外之意; 暗示
overtone的复数

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

• 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。
• There are, of course, metaphysical overtones to the stories, all of which are true.
  有，当然，形而上的色彩，以故事，所有这一切都是真的。
• Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.
  倾向于暗含有威胁意味的发怒或者坏感觉。
• The testimonies of ex-television addicts often have the evangelistic overtones of stories heard at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
  据以前的电视瘾君子的讲述，经常有一些在酒鬼的匿名会上听到的福音传道者的暗示。
• The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
  罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
• Taste: The palate is dry and supple with hints of red currant and blueberry overtones.
  口感：口感干而丰满，有一抹红加仑和蓝莓的香味。
• You know them as harmonics or overtones.
  你把它们当做和声或弦外音。
• Leaves used sparingly ( because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings.
  叶子在沙司、汤和馅中用量很少（因为其味道苦）。
• The result was class warfare without ideological overtones on a grand and violent scale.
  结果是酿成了不带意识形态色彩的规模巨大而激烈的阶级斗争。
• 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。