leitmotif是什么意思？

leitmotif

英[ˈlaɪtməʊti:f] 美[ˈlaɪtmoˌtif]

• n. 主乐调，乐旨；

复数：leitmotifs;

例句

• Maybe greater inequality in pay is an unavoidable megatrend, a leitmotif for the 21 st 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.
• The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life. 黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （书、电影、人生等的）中心思想，主题，主旨
  A leitmotif in something such as a book or film or in a person's life is an idea or an object which occurs again and again.
  例句
  The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life. 黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)