Keynote

['kiːnəʊt] or ['kinot]

解释:

(noun.) a fundamental or central idea.

(noun.) the principal theme in a speech or literary work.

(verb.) set the keynote of; 'Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection'.

(verb.) give the keynote address to (an audience).

安琪编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.

(n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.

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