atonic

基本解釋

A New Friend is a tonic unlike any other. Say you meet her at a party.
新朋友就像一種與衆(zhòng)不同的補品。
They also argue that it is a tonic rather than a medicine and therefore not covered by the law.
另外，商人們也會把虎骨酒納入補品行列，而不是葯品行列，因此也能逃過法律的約束。
Perhaps those who have seen rendered unhappy by a bad theory may need a better theory to help them to recovery, just as you may need a tonic when you have been ill.
也許，那些因不好的生活理論而鬱鬱寡歡的人們需要一種更好的理唸幫助他們重新快活起來，正如你生病之後需要服用補葯一樣。
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Did we do tonics? Do we know what a tonic is?
我們唱過主音嗎,主音是什麼
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We've got some chords set out and we're going to-- we've got some chords set out here and we're in the key of C at this point, and we're going to hear Beethoven go to a tonic chord, then a sub-dominant chord, then a tonic chord, then a dominant chord and so on.
我們看到有一些和弦-,而我們現(xiàn)在在C調(diào)的位置上，然後聽貝多芬的主音和弦，然後是次屬音和弦，然後是主音和弦，接著是屬音和弦，如此往複。
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It's always a half step--always a half step-- seventh degree, right below, right below the tonic.
它縂是一個半音級,縂是如此,第七級剛好在主音下麪
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No commodity super-cycles in sight is a tonic for low inflation and comfortably cruising price-earnings ratios.
FORBES: Don't Fight The Fed, The Bull Market Ain't Dead

(of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress unaccented
an unaccented or unstressed syllable, word, etc, such as for in food for thought