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overture noun
⇨ offer 1offer1 noun an offer of help 主动提出帮忙an offer of £2 500 for the car 出价2 500英镑买这辆汽车offer ♦︎ approach ♦︎ overture ♦︎ advances ♦︎ proposalThese are all words for an act of suggesting that you do sth for sb, or that sb does sth with you. 这些词均表示主动提议、建议、要求。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an offer / an approach / overtures / advances / a proposal to sb◆an offer / overtures / a proposal of sth◆an offer / a proposal of marriage◆(a) friendly offer / approach / overtures◆to make / receive an offer / an approach / overtures / advances / a proposal◆to reject sb's offer / approach / overtures / advances / proposal◆to respond to / spurn sb's offer / overtures / advances / proposal◆to accept / decline / refuse / turn down an offer / a proposal■ offer [countable] an act of suggesting that you do sth for sb or that you give sth to sb 主动提议；建议◆Thank you for your kind offer of help.谢谢你好意提出帮忙。◆I accepted her offer to pay.她要付款，我同意了。◆I took him up on his offer of a loan.他主动借钱给我，我接受了。◆You can't just turn down offers of work like that.人家给你工作，你不能就那样一一谢绝呀。■ approach [countable] (rather formal) an act of speaking to sb about sth, especially when making an offer or request 接洽；建议；要求◆The club has made an approach to a local company for sponsorship.俱乐部已经向一家本地公司寻求赞助。◆She resented his persistent approaches.她对他没完没了的纠缠极为反感。▸ approach verb [transitive] ◆We have been approached by a number of companies that are interested in our product.一些对我们的产品感兴趣的公司已和我们接洽。■ overture /ˈəʊvətʃʊə(r), ˈəʊvətjʊə(r); NAmE ˈoʊvərtʃər, ˈoʊvərtʃʊr/ [countable, usually plural] a suggestion or action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship or have discussions with sb else 友好姿态；建议◆He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。◆Maggie was never one to reject a friendly overture.玛吉从来不会拒绝别人友好的表示。NOTE 辨析 Approach or overture? Approach is often used to talk about a more businesslike way of speaking to sb; overture suggests more of an attempt to persuade sb to like you or want to do business with you. * approach常意味着公事公办的口吻，overture多意味着企图博得某人好感或想博得某人与你做生意。■ advances [plural] (rather formal) attempts to start a sexual relationship with sb 勾引；求爱；追求◆He had made advances to one of his students.他曾追求过他的一个学生。◆She rejected his sexual advances.她拒绝了他的性要求。ⓘ Advances are often described as amorous or sexual, but even when no adjective is used, the sexual meaning is understood. * advance前常用amorous或sexual来修饰，但即使前面没有形容词，性的含义也是可以领会的。■ proposal [countable] an act of formally asking sb to marry you 求婚◆She had been hoping for a sweet old-fashioned proposal of marriage.她一直期待着那种甜蜜的旧式求婚方式。ⓘ Proposal also has the much more frequent and general meaning of a formal suggestion or plan. * proposal更常见、更通用的意思是提议、提案。 see also proposal ⇨ proposal ▸ propose verb [intransitive, transitive] ◆He was afraid that if he proposed she might refuse.他担心他若求婚，她会拒绝。◆She proposed to me!她向我求婚了！◆to propose marriage求婚 |