定基调

And I continue to find it fascinating how film noir, a genre born in the 1940s, has such a hammerlock on the future (look at "Dark City" again). I suspect film noir is so fruitful and suggestive that if you bring it on board, half your set and costume decisions have been made for you, and you know what your tone will be.

另外我还是惊讶于生于40年代的这种流派，如此深远地牢牢印在了后继者的骨血里--我觉得如此成果丰硕登峰造极，只要你确定要拍，一半的场景和服装设计就水到渠成，影片基调已定。

To give or set the keynote of.

这首歌的基调定得太低。

The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over, thus the wise say the path to salvation is hard.

这便为小说整体定了基调--现代人寻求刀锋般逼窄艰难的灵魂救赎。

Still, the change of the guard at SAP should make others in the technology industry reflect on how to manage their own handovers . On December 16th it emerged that Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple, would not deliver a keynote??

虽然如此，SAP卫士的变更应该会使科技业中的其它企业反思如何做好自己的交接。12月16日，Apple公司的总裁Steve Jobs暴露了他将不会在月末的一个贸易展上作定基调的演讲。

However, as the name（read－only memory）implies, CD disks cannot be written onorchanged in any way.

然而，正如其名字所指出的那样，CD盘不能写，也不能用任何方式改变其内容。

Galvanizes steel pallet is mainly export which suits standard packing of European Union, the North America. galvanizes steel pallet is suitable to heavy rack. Pallet surface can design plate type, corrugated and the gap form, satisfies the different requirements.

镀锌钢托盘多用于出口，替代木托盘，免薰蒸，符合欧盟、北美各国对出口货物包装材料的法令要求；喷涂钢托盘适用于重载上货架之用，托盘表面根据需要制作成平板状、波纹状及间隔形式，满足不同的使用要求。