Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense phrases, present participle phrasing, past tense, past participle phrased
1N-COUNT 惯用法;成语;习语;警句 A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it. 惯用法;成语;习语;警句
He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话:“要想善良,就得残忍。”
...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
意思是“完全失败”的美国习语 laying an egg
2N-COUNT 词组;短语 A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 词组;短语
It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
3VERB 用语言表达;叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. 用语言表达;叙述
I would have phrased it quite differently. [VERB noun adv.]
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
The speech was carefully phrased. [VERB noun adv.]
4PHRASE 表达方式;措词 If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words. to coin a phrase→see: coin表达方式;措词
Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PHRASE | PHRASE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤colloquial, idiomatic口頭用語;習語▸➤key關鍵用語◇'Start slowly' is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.對初次參加馬拉松比賽的運動員來說“開始階段速度要慢”是至理名言。➤common, familiar, famous, popular常用語;熟語;名言;流行語▸➤catch-all, empty, hackneyed, meaningless, stock涵義甚廣的短語;空洞的詞語;膚淺的言辭;陳詞濫調◇He just comes out with the same old stock phrases.他總說那些老一套的陳詞濫調。➤apt, catchy (informal) , colourful/colorful, descriptive, memorable, telling, well-turned貼切的/容易記住的/有趣的/描述性的/令人難忘的/吐露真情的/措辭巧妙的用語➤catch(usually catchphrase) , signature (NAmE) 潮語;口頭禪◇the show's best known catchphrase展覽中最出名的時髦話➤buzz流行語◇A current popular buzz phrase is 'Think outside the box'.一個目前比較流行的流行語是“跳出框框思考”。➤code (especially NAmE) 暗語◇'Law and order' was most often a code phrase for repressive measures.“法律與秩序”是鎮壓措施最常見的代名詞。➤musical樂句▸➤adjectival, adverbial, noun, prepositional, verb形容詞/副詞/名詞/介詞/動詞短語VERB + PHRASE➤employ, turn, use使用詞語;措辭◇She can certainly turn a phrase.她善於辭令。➤coin創造新詞語◇Who coined the phrase 'desktop publishing'?是誰創造了 desktop publishing (桌面出版)這個新詞語?➤borrow借用詞語➤utter說出詞語➤quote, repeat引用/重複詞語➤trademark將詞語註冊為商標◇In 1998, he trademarked the phrase 'Freedom of Expression'.在 1998 年,他將詞語“表達自由”註冊為商標。PHRASE + NOUN➤book(供出國旅遊者用的)外語常用語手冊◇I bought a Spanish phrase book.我買了一本西班牙語常用語手冊。PREPOSITION➤in a/the phrase在詞語裏◇She was, in her own memorable phrase, 'a woman without a past'.用她自己的令人記憶深刻的話來說,她是個“沒有過去的女人”。PHRASES➤a choice of phrase措辭◇Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.她不恰當的措辭惹惱了大多數觀眾。➤a turn of phrase措辭;表達方式◇He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.他措辭謹慎,描述細緻。phrase
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ADVERB➤carefully用語字斟句酌◇The statement was very carefully phrased.這份聲明措辭非常謹慎。➤differently以不同的方式表達◇I should have phrased my question differently.我本應該換一種方式來提出我的問題。➤beautifully措辭優美◇The concerto's slow movement was beautifully phrased.優美的樂句構成了協奏曲緩慢的韻律。