0 a particular but not obvious characteristic that a piece of writing or speech, an event, or a situation has -- （文章或講話的）含意，弦外之音；（事件或情況的）蘊含意義
The terms of reference of this report and, therefore, of this debate are very narrow but there are undertones of wider, inescapable questions.
Although it was good, there were sinister and worrying undertones about the way in which it was produced.
In this case there are no political overtones or undertones.
We thought that it was better to table a motion which did not have any pejorative overtones or undertones.
I have referred already to the nasty undertones in this affair.
There is nothing sinister about it and there is no reason why a theatre should not have these undertones.
I do not know what he meant by that, but it was clearly intended to have certain undertones.
All kinds of overtones and undertones have been introduced into the argument.
