leitmotif
n. 主题(主要目的；中心思想)
近义词：motif，theme，strand，element，topic，subject，subjectmatter，leitmotiv，
英英释义
Noun
- a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
例句
- It can best be understood as a leitmotif of human history. 我们完全可以将全球化阐释为人类历史的主旋律。
- This last event, which almost concludes the book, is its leitmotif. 而这最后一次正是本书的主旨所在。
- The bludgeoning and bloody leitmotif is packaged in the perky, cheery musical form as contrast and juxtaposition. 同时以浊水溪公社的音乐、陈梅毛的诗与其一贯擅长的通俗肥皂剧桥段为主要成分，营造一个流动诗意的音乐作品。
- Is it going too far to suggest that, until very recently, the leitmotif of human history had been misery? 一直以来，人类历史的主旋律就是痛苦，这样说会不会太过分？
- Amid the drums of war Iran, too, has been sounding a quieter leitmotif of compromise. 在伊朗战争的战鼓隆隆声中也可以听到更安静的妥协乐章。