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TEM8 GRE TOEIC
外刊例句
- Eighty years on from the film's premiere in August 1942, there is only one answer: it is the scene in which Bambi's mother dies.
自该片于1942年8月首映以来,八十年过去了,答案只有一个:那就是斑比母亲去世的场景。
——《经济学人》 - On Wednesday, the much-delayed sequel got its premiere.
周三,这部推迟了很久的续集获得首映。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] the first performance of a musical or theatrical work or the first showing of a movie
[名词] 音乐、戏剧或电影作品的首演或首映
深入解读
对于视频剪辑爱好者或者专业人士来说, premiere 是一个非常熟悉的单词,因为与图像处理软件 Photoshop 同属 Adobe 公司的经典视频剪辑软件就叫 Adobe Premiere Pro ,简称“Pr”。
回到单词本身, premiere 又是一个在拼写和发音上都容易与熟词 premier (总理、首相)相混淆的单词,两者都源自于法语 premier (第一的)。
其中 premiere 最早于1889年经法语 première 进入英语,即用来表示“首演、首映、首展”,主要指音乐、戏剧或电影作品等的首次公开上演、上映或展出,通常作为有名人嘉宾出席的特别活动举行,比如:
- 不排练而直接指挥一部交响乐的首次公演是鲁莽的。
Conducting the premiere of a symphony without a rehearsal requires temerity.
等到了1925年后, premiere 开始用作动词相应表示“(使)首演、首映、首展”,比如:
- 《速度与激情》于 2001 年在影院首映。
The Fast and the Furious premiered in theaters in 2001.
影视用例
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- What's going on at the dirty movie place?
- Oh, they're having a premiere.
- Dirty movies have premieres?
- Yeah. They're fun.
出自2019年上映的喜剧剧情片《好莱坞往事》(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)。
同近义词
- debut: a person's first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role
- launch: an occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public
- opening: the occasion of a play, exhibition, public building, etc. being declared open or ready for use, marked by a celebratory gathering or ceremony