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

• 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。
• No wonder Harvard girl, despite its martial overtones, struck a popular chord.
  难怪《哈佛女孩》，尽管带有高压政策的意味，却得到了普遍的共鸣。
• There were even some political overtones suggested in all this.
  在种种变化之中，甚至还蕴涵着某些政治寓意。
• 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。
• But in Afghanistan, the idea of nation has very different overtones.
  但在阿富汗，国家这个概念有着非常不同的言外之意。
• 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）。
• Cartoon Network's urban-flavored "The Boondocks" has already caused a dustup thanks to its and racial and political overtones.
  卡通电视网城市题材的卡通片《森林地带》因为其种族映射和政治暗示而引起骚动。
• 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。
• No wonder ( a? the?) Harvard girl, despite its martial overtones, struck a popular chord.
  难怪哈佛女孩，不管它威严的表露，而敲击出一个流行的和弦。
• 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。