The tenor of his speech was that war would come.是什么意思？

The tenor of his speech was that war would come.

他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

tenor

n. 稳定的进程，要旨，男高音，票据的限期；adj. 男高音的；

例句
He suggested that many of the ideas just would not work. But the tenor of his input was 'Right on! Please show us how to make them work'.
他认为这些想法有很多根本就不会奏效。但是他说话的大意却是“好极了！请告诉我们怎么让它们见效”。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

speech

n. 演说，演讲，发言，说话，谈话，说话能力或方式，（乐器的）音，音色，方言，民族语言；

例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

that

det. 那个，那；pron. 那个，那；conj. 多么，如此…以至，用于某些动词、形容词和名词后，引出各种从句；adv. 不那么，那样；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

war

n. 战争，战争期间，斗争，论战；vi. 进行战斗，作战，同…处于交战状态；

例句
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。

would

aux. 将，将要，愿意，会，打算，大概；v. (will 的过去式，用于转述)将；

例句
I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
我今年很想出国，可能是去法国南部。

come

vi. 来，开始，出现，发生；vt. 做，装扮…的样子，将满（…岁）；int. 嗨！；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。