keynote

英 [ˈkiːnəʊt]

美 [ˈkiːnoʊt]

n.  (书、演说等的)要旨，主题，基调; 主音
vi.  给…定基调; 说明基本政策作主旨发言; 〈美〉在（会议等场合）发表施政方针

复数：keynotes　现在分词：keynoting　过去式：keynoted　第三人称单数：keynotes　过去分词：keynoted　

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牛津词典

noun

• （书、演说等的）要旨，主题，基调
  the central idea of a book, a speech, etc.
  1. Choice is the keynote of the new education policy.
     新教育政策的主导原则是容许选择。
  2. a keynote speech/speaker (= a very important one, introducing a meeting or its subject)
     主题发言；主要发言人
• 主音
  the note on which the key is based

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （政策、讲话或想法的）要旨，主题，基调
  Thekeynote ofa policy, speech, or idea is the main theme of it or the part of it that is emphasized the most.
  1. He would be setting out his plans for the party in a keynote speech...
     他将在其主旨发言中阐述他对该党的计划。
  2. Responsibility and moderation were to be the keynotes of their foreign policy.
     责任和克制将是他们外交政策的核心。

英英释义

noun

• a fundamental or central idea
• (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
  Synonym:tonic
• the principal theme in a speech or literary work

verb

• set the keynote of
  1. Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection
• give the keynote address to (an audience)

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