[N-COUNT 可数名词](作品、谈话、讨论的)主题,题目 A theme in a piece of writing, a talk, or a discussion is an important idea or subject that runs through it.
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The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe...
大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。
'That's another element in choosing a style of writing, you see,' he says, returning to his main theme...
“瞧,那是选择写作风格时要考虑的又一个因素,”他又回到了主题上。
The need to strengthen the family has been a recurrent theme for the Prime Minister.
巩固家庭关系是首相屡次谈到的话题。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](艺术品、文学作品的)主题,中心思想 A theme in an artist's work or in a work of literature is an idea in it that the artist or writer develops or repeats.
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The novel's central theme is the perennial conflict between men and women...
小说的主题是男人和女人之间永无休止的冲突。
This painting points to another recurring theme in Munch's work.
这幅画体现了蒙克作品中另一个常见的主题。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](音乐的)主旋律 A theme is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based.
...variations on themes from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
莫扎特的《魔笛》中主旋律的变奏曲
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](电影、电视节目、广播节目的)主题音乐,主题曲Theme music or a theme song is a piece of music that is played at the beginning and end of a film or of a television or radio programme.
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...the theme from Dr Zhivago...
电影《日瓦戈医生》的主题曲
The BBC used Vangelis's Chariots of Fire as its Olympic theme tune in 1984.
BBC 选用了范吉利斯的《火战车》作为其 1984 年奥运节目的主题音乐。
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theme★AWL/θiːm; NAmEθiːm/
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themethemesthemedthemingnoun★1★the subject or main idea in a talk, piece of writing or work of art (演讲、文章或艺术作品的)题目,主题,主题思想◆North American literature is the main theme of this year's festival.北美文学是今年艺术节的主题。◆The President stressed a favourite campaign theme—greater emphasis on education.总统强调了最受人欢迎的竞选主题 — 更加重视教育。◆The naked male figure was always the central theme of Greek art.男性裸体画像总是希腊艺术的中心主题。◆The stories are all variations on the themeof unhappy marriage. 这些故事讲来讲去无非是这样那样的不幸婚姻。☞collocationsat
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2( music 音) a short tune that is repeated or developed in a piece of music (乐曲的)主题,主旋律3=
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◆the theme from ‘The Godfather’《教父》的主题音乐4( old-fashioned) ( NAmE) a short piece of writing on a particular subject, done for school (学生的)作文5( linguistics 语言) the part of a sentence or clause that contains information that is not new to the reader or audience (句子的)主位;词干;主题☞compare
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adjective( BrE) ~ pub/bar/restaurant, etc.a pub, bar, etc. that is designed to reflect a particular subject or period of history (反映某主题或历史时期的)主题酒馆(或酒吧、餐馆等)◆an Irish theme pub爱尔兰主题酒馆theme/θiːm; NAmEθiːm/
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themetheme /θiːm/ ●●●S2W2AWL noun [countable]
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1subject the main subject or idea in a piece of writing, speech, film etc: The book’s theme is the conflict between love and duty.main/central/major etc theme Campbell has made health care a central theme in his campaign. Nature is a recurrent theme (=a theme that appears repeatedly) in Frost’s poetry. Most of Kurt’s other pictures were variations on the same theme.2 theme music/song/tune music or a song that is often played during a film or musical play, or at the beginning and end of a television or radio programme: the theme song from ‘The Brady Bunch’3repeated tune a short simple tune that is repeated and developed in a piece of music: Freia’s theme in Wagner’s opera4style a particular style: Her bedroom is decorated in a Victorian theme.5piece of writing American English old-fashioned a short piece of writing on a particular subject that you do for schoolSYN essaytheme on Your homework is to write a two-page theme on pollution.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe main/central/dominant theme· The main theme of the book is the importance of honesty.a major theme· Cultural change is the second major theme of his work.a common theme· Death and rebirth is a common theme in Eliot’s poetry.a recurrent/recurring theme (=one that appears several times)· Returning to traditional values was a major theme of the president’s speech.an underlying theme (=one that is important but not very noticeable)· One of the book’s underlying themes is the struggle for human rights.a universal theme (=subjects that affect people of all races and cultures)· Readers everywhere can relate to the universal themes in his work.phrasesvariations on a theme (=things with a similar basic subject, style etc)· Most of her short stories are variations on the theme of tragedy.
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