theme music/song/tune• Sometimes the cartoontheme song is better than some of the episodes themselves.• Tampons that play the Hollyoaks theme tune when inserted?• Gowie Corby, Gowie Corby, the theme tune for all that's wrong in this school.• I know she liked the theme music.• I worked on the theme song with Ziggy Marley.• The theme music for the show starts up.• The theme music starts and I immediately find something more interesting to do.• The theme tune from Titanic was played at their wedding.
3APMrepeated tune 重复的曲调 a short simpletune that is repeated and developed in a piece of music 主调;主旋律
5piece of writing 作文American EnglishAmESES old-fashioned a short piece of writing on a particular subject that you do for school 〔以某一特定题目写作的〕作文,短论文SYN essay
theme on
Your homework is to write a two-page theme on pollution.
你们的家庭作业是就污染问题写一篇两页的作文。
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adjectives
the main/central/dominant theme
The main theme of the book is the importance of honesty.
a major theme
Cultural change is the second major theme of his work.
a common theme
Death and rebirth is a common theme in Eliot’s poetry.
a recurrent/recurring theme (=one that appears several times)
Returning to traditional values was a major theme of the president’s speech.
an underlying theme (=one that is important but not very noticeable)
One of the book’s underlying themes is the struggle for human rights.
a universal theme (=subjects that affect people of all races and cultures)
Readers everywhere can relate to the universal themes in his work.
phrases
variations on a theme (=things with a similar basic subject, style etc)
Most of her short stories are variations on the theme of tragedy.
variations on ... theme• There are many variations on this theme.• Many variations on the combination theme can be put into practice.• There are numerousvariations on these basic themes to suitsoil, climate, and the main farmingenterprises.• All kinds of variations on this theme can occur.• The aim should be flexibility within a structure; variations on a theme.• For me, it was the most teasing of all things, variations on a theme, slight changes.• The dealers themselves started working variations on the theme.
Origintheme
(1200-1300)Latinthema, from Greek, “something laid down, theme”, from tithenai“to put”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + THEME | THEME + VERB | THEME + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤basic, central, dominant, important, key, main, major, overriding, underlying基本/中心/最重要的/重要/關鍵/主要/重大/壓倒一切的/隱藏的主題▸➤broad, general, overall寬泛的/大致的/籠統的主題▸➤common, popular, universal常見的/流行的/普遍的主題◇universal themes of love and loneliness愛情和孤獨之類的普適主題➤consistent, constant, familiar, favourite/favorite, recurrent, recurring一貫的/不變的/熟悉的/喜愛的/週期性的/反復出現的主題▸➤related相關的主題▸➤overarching, unifying首要的/一致的主題▸➤contemporary當代的主題▸➤historical, religious, etc.歷史、宗教等題目▸➤campaign, conference, research運動/會議/研究主題▸➤musical音樂主題◇The movie's haunting musical theme stayed in my head for days.那部電影主題曲縈繞於我的腦際,多日揮之不去。VERB + THEME➤address, continue, develop, discuss, examine, explore, have, introduce, reflect處理/繼續/發展/討論/審視/探索/具有/介紹/反映主題◇His later novels develop the theme of alienation.他後期的小說發展了異化這一主題。➤warm to (especially BrE) 更加熱衷主題◇'Our work', he continued, warming to his theme, 'will be a milestone in scientific history.'“我們的工作,”他說到這個話題來了勁兒,“將會是科學史上的一座里程碑。”➤identify確定主題THEME + VERB➤emerge主題出現◇Several familiar themes emerged from the discussion.討論中出現了幾個熟悉的主題。➤run through sth主題貫穿於⋯◇The same themes run through all her novels.同樣的主題貫穿於她所有的小說。THEME + NOUN➤music, song, tune (especially BrE) 主題音樂;主題歌;主題曲▸➤park, pub, restaurant主題公園/酒吧/餐館▸➤party主題派對PREPOSITION➤on the theme of就⋯主題◇He gave a talk on the theme of teenage unemployment.他就青少年失業這個主題發表了談話。PHRASES➤variations on a theme同一主題的多種變體◇Most of the essays appear to be variations on a few central themes.這些文章大多數都像是幾個中心主題的變異。