单词 | leitmotiv |
释义 | leitmotiv (once / 137434 pages) n WORD FAMILY leitmotiv: leitmotivs USAGE EXAMPLESPeace between Israelis and Palestinians has been one of the leitmotivs of his foreign policy pronouncements during the first year of his pontificate. BBC(May 22, 2014) Since then, however, decline has become an ever more evident leitmotiv of European political discourse both inside and outside the euro zone. New York Times(Oct 10, 2012) Allegations of corruption and profiteering are now a familiar leitmotiv. New York Times(Jun 08, 2012) n a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) Syn|Hyper leitmotif air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
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