单词leitmotif
n.: （音乐的）主旋律；（书、艺术品等的）中心思想
网络: 主导动机；主乐调；主题
（音乐的）主旋律，主导主题:
a short tune in a piece of music that is often repeated and is connected with a particular person, thing or idea
（书、艺术品等的）中心思想，主题，主旨:
an idea or a phrase that is repeated often in a book or work of art, or is typical of a particular person or group
主乐调
复数：leitmotifs
n.motifthemestrandelementtopic
Contempt for lawyers who object to their criminal-justice policies has been a leitmotif for Labour home secretaries.
蔑视那些反对其制裁罪恶政策的律师成为工党内政大臣们的主旨。
He has made "broken Britain" a leitmotif in the run-up to the general election due by June 3rd.
他把*“破碎英国”*（注3）作为定于6月3日举行的大选的主题。
A leitmotif of the Valdai discussions was how Russia should deal with its troubled history.
瓦尔代讨论的议题之一是，如何面对俄罗斯坎坷的历史。
Under all the complications of verbiage, haven"t they all had a single leitmotif: sacrifice, renunciation, self-denial?
在所有的错综复杂的冗长的措辞后面，它们不是有一个共同反复的主题——牺牲、自制和自我否定吗？
"The way of true love never works out, except at the end of an English novel, " wrote Anthony Trollope, quoted as leitmotif by Mr Eugenides.
安东尼•特罗洛普写道，“英国小说除非到了结尾，否则真爱无解。”奥金尼德斯将这句话引为主题。
The giant sucking sound emanating from the South and West, another leitmotif of American demographics, continues unmuffled.
南方和西部各州所流出的巨大的“吸奶声”，是美国人口特征的一曲主旋律，这一旋律依旧强劲。
The prevalence of tiny companies is a leitmotif across the ailing economies of Southern Europe.
小公司的萎靡不振是整个南欧经济疲弱的主要原因。
A more serious flaw lies in the distinction between random and learnable risks, which becomes the book"s leitmotif.
作为该书的主题，随机风险与可学风险的区别问题是该书一个更为严重的缺陷。
Meanwhile, a weak currency would encourage capital flight, the Asian leitmotif of global risk aversion.
与此同时，货币走软会鼓励资本外逃——全球风险厌恶在亚洲的主调。
Maybe greater inequality in pay is an unavoidable megatrend, a leitmotif for the 21st century.
也许薪酬差距进一步扩大是一场不可避免的大潮，是21世纪主乐调。