atonic

基本解释

A New Friend is a tonic unlike any other. Say you meet her at a party.
新朋友就像一种与众不同的补品。
They also argue that it is a tonic rather than a medicine and therefore not covered by the law.
另外，商人们也会把虎骨酒纳入补品行列，而不是药品行列，因此也能逃过法律的约束。
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.
也许，那些因不好的生活理论而郁郁寡欢的人们需要一种更好的理念帮助他们重新快活起来，正如你生病之后需要服用补药一样。
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Did we do tonics? Do we know what a tonic is?
我们唱过主音吗,主音是什么
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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.
我们看到有一些和弦-,而我们现在在C调的位置上，然后听贝多芬的主音和弦，然后是次属音和弦，然后是主音和弦，接着是属音和弦，如此往复。
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It's always a half step--always a half step-- seventh degree, right below, right below the tonic.
它总是一个半音级,总是如此,第七级刚好在主音下面
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No commodity super-cycles in sight is a tonic for low inflation and comfortably cruising price-earnings ratios.
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(of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress unaccented
an unaccented or unstressed syllable, word, etc, such as for in food for thought