leitmotif [ˈlaɪtmoˌtif]

例句:

• The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life.
  黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。
  
• Maybe greater inequality in pay is an unavoidable megatrend, a leitmotif for the 21 st 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.
  
• He's running for a second term: what is its leitmotif?
  来自NEWYORKER
• The decoupling of expectations from reality is the basic leitmotif of modern football.
  来自THETIMES
• He appears in logos, ads and as a leitmotif for images of others engaged in his activity including a cartoon french fry.
  来自WSJ