leitmotif

US [ˈlaɪtmoʊˌtif]
UK [ˈlaɪtməʊˌtiːf]
  • n.（音乐的）主旋律；（书、艺术品等的）中心思想
  • Web主导动机；主乐调；主题
Plural Form：leitmotifs  

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leitmotif
n.
1.
（音乐的）主旋律，主导主题a short tune in a piece of music that is often repeated and is connected with a particular person, thing or idea
2.
（书、艺术品等的）中心思想，主题，主旨an idea or a phrase that is repeated often in a book or work of art, or is typical of a particular person or group

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1.
He has made "broken Britain" a leitmotif in the run-up to the general election due by June 3rd.
他把*“破碎英国”*（注3）作为定于6月3日举行的大选的主题。
tā bǎ xīng hào " pò suì yīng guó " xīng hào ( zhù sān ) zuò wéi dìng yú liù yuè sān rì jǔ xíng de dà xuǎn de zhǔ tí 。
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2.
A leitmotif of the Valdai discussions was how Russia should deal with its troubled history.
瓦尔代讨论的议题之一是，如何面对俄罗斯坎坷的历史。
wǎ ěr dài tǎo lùn de yì tí zhī yī shì , rú hé miàn duì é luó sī kǎn kě de lì shǐ 。
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3.
Under all the complications of verbiage, haven't they all had a single leitmotif: sacrifice, renunciation, self-denial?
在所有的错综复杂的冗长的措辞后面，它们不是有一个共同反复的主题——牺牲、自制和自我否定吗？
zài suǒ yǒu de cuò zōng fù zá de rǒng cháng de cuò cí hòu mian , tā men bú shì yǒu yī gè gòng tóng fǎn fù de zhǔ tí —— xī shēng 、 zì zhì hé zì wǒ fǒu dìng ma ?
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4.
"The way of true love never works out, except at the end of an English novel, " wrote Anthony Trollope, quoted as leitmotif by Mr Eugenides.
安东尼•特罗洛普写道，“英国小说除非到了结尾，否则真爱无解。”奥金尼德斯将这句话引为主题。
ān dōng ní • tè luó luò pǔ xiě dào , " yīng guó xiǎo shuō chú fēi dào le jié wěi , fǒu zé zhēn ài wú jiě 。 " ào jīn ní dé sī jiāng zhè jù huà yǐn wéi zhǔ tí 。
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5.
The giant sucking sound emanating from the South and West, another leitmotif of American demographics, continues unmuffled.
南方和西部各州所流出的巨大的“吸奶声”，是美国人口特征的一曲主旋律，这一旋律依旧强劲。
nán fāng hé xī bù gè zhōu suǒ liú chū de jù dà de " xī nǎi shēng " , shì měi guó rén kǒu tè zhēng de yī qū zhǔ xuán lǜ , zhè yī xuán lǜ yī jiù qiáng jìng 。
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6.
The prevalence of tiny companies is a leitmotif across the ailing economies of Southern Europe.
小公司的萎靡不振是整个南欧经济疲弱的主要原因。
xiǎo gōng sī de wěi mǐ bú zhèn shì zhěng gè nán ōu jīng jì pí ruò de zhǔ yào yuán yīn 。
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A more serious flaw lies in the distinction between random and learnable risks, which becomes the book's leitmotif.
作为该书的主题，随机风险与可学风险的区别问题是该书一个更为严重的缺陷。
zuò wéi gāi shū de zhǔ tí , suí jī fēng xiǎn yǔ kě xué fēng xiǎn de qū bié wèn tí shì gāi shū yī gè gèng wéi yán zhòng de quē xiàn 。
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8.
Maybe greater inequality in pay is an unavoidable megatrend, a leitmotif for the 21st century.
也许薪酬差距进一步扩大是一场不可避免的大潮，是21世纪主乐调。
yě xǔ xīn chóu chā jù jìn yí bù kuò dà shì yī chǎng bù kě bì miǎn de dà cháo , shì èr shí yī shì jì zhǔ lè diào 。
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9.
But that is because his original leitmotif has been hopelessly over-shadowed through the lack of a good self-education.
这是他最初的主题被无望地掩蔽，只因为他缺少自我教育。
zhè shì tā zuì chū de zhǔ tí bèi wú wàng de yǎn bì , zhǐ yīn wèi tā quē shǎo zì wǒ jiào yù 。
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But that is because his original leitmotif has been hopelessly over-showed through the lack of a good self-education.
这是因为他的主旋律已经由于缺乏良好的自我教育而毫无希望去展示。
zhè shì yīn wèi tā de zhǔ xuán lǜ yǐ jīng yóu yú quē fá liáng hǎo de zì wǒ jiào yù ér háo wú xī wàng qù zhǎn shì 。
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