• n. （意）（歌劇、樂團等的）演出者；經理人；樂隊指揮，導演

來自意大利語impresa,承擔，從事，來自im-,進入，使，-pres,縮寫自prehens,抓住，詞源同prehensile,comprehension.即從事的事業，特指與戲劇相關的事業，后引申詞義劇院經理。

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.

他先得學意大利語, 找一個經理, 簽合同.

來自辭典例句

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

下個季節將舉辦一次大型的系列音樂會.

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3. The impresario had buttoned his astrakhan coat.

樂團經理扣好了羔皮外套.

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