• n. （意）（歌劇、樂團(tuán)等的）演出者；經(jīng)理人；樂隊(duì)指揮，導(dǎo)演

來自意大利語impresa,承擔(dān)，從事，來自im-,進(jìn)入，使，-pres,縮寫自prehens,抓住，詞源同prehensile,comprehension.即從事的事業(yè)，特指與戲劇相關(guān)的事業(yè)，后引申詞義劇院經(jīng)理。

impresario

impresario: [18] Impresario has no etymological connection with ‘impressing’ people (often though it is mistakenly spelled impressario). It was borrowed from Italian, where it was a derivative of impresa ‘undertaking’. This in turn came from the verb imprendere ‘undertake’, which goes back to a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *imprendere (source of the archaic English emprise ‘enterprise’ [13]), a compound based on Latin prendere ‘take’. Hence an impresario is literally someone who ‘undertakes’ something.

impresario (n.)

1746, from Italian impresario "operatic manager," literally "undertaker (of a business)," from impresa "undertaking," fem. of impreso, past participle of imprendere "undertake," from Vulgar Latin imprendere, from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, onto" (see in- (2)) + prehendere "to grasp" (see prehensile).

1. He would first have to learn the Italian, engage an impresario, make contacts.

他先得學(xué)意大利語, 找一個(gè)經(jīng)理, 簽合同.

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2. The impresario will present an expanded series of concerts next season.

下個(gè)季節(jié)將舉辦一次大型的系列音樂會(huì).

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3. The impresario had buttoned his astrakhan coat.

樂團(tuán)經(jīng)理扣好了羔皮外套.

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