v. (以某种方式)表达,措辞,推敲; 划分乐句,分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱) phrase的过去分词和过去式
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N-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.
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
N-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.
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。
VERB 用语言表达;叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
I would have phrased it quite differently... 我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
I would have phrased it quite differently 我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
The speech was carefully phrased 该演讲措词严谨。
They phrased it as a question. 他们用提问的方式来表述它。
A well-expressed letter makes a far more positive impression on the reader than does an awkwardly phrased, jargon-filled letter. 一封表达贴切的书信对读者产生的印象远比一封词法别扭、废话连篇的书信产生的印象积极得多。
What he said was a word for word translation from Chinese, but even if he had phrased his idea more idiomatically, you still would have misunderstood him. 他是从中文逐字译成英文的。不过即使他的英语表达得更地道,你还是会误解他的。
Architectural significance can also be phrased as economical significance, since the primary driver for considering certain elements over others is the cost of creation and cost of change. 架构的重要性还可以以经济的重要性来表达,因为某些元素的主要驱动者是创建的成本和变更的成本。
It depends on how the questions and answers are phrased and what conclusions you are trying to draw from your poll. 这取决于问题和应答的措辞,还有您想从投票中得到什么样的结论。
Maybe you misunderstood the question. Or maybe the question wasn't phrased clearly. 也许你误解了这个问题,或者这个问题没有问得很清楚。
When phrased this way, it makes you sound like a superhero. 如果这样措辞,会使你听起来像个超级英雄。
The notice is most unfortunately phrased. 这份通知用语很不得当。
I realize I phrased it badly and I should have been more tactful. 我意识到自己讲法不当,我本该圆滑些。
A more bluntly phrased view came from the leader of the opposition. 措辞更为直截了当的观点出自反对党领袖之口。
The smoking ban is usually phrased as a ban on smoking in "enclosed public spaces". 禁烟令通常是禁止在“密闭公共场所”吸烟。
The passage is badly phrased. 这段话措词很糟。
Many requests for a customer to check something can be phrased this way. 很多要求客户进行某些检查的动作都可以用这种方式表达。
He phrased his excuse politely. 他很客气地说出他的藉囗。
As Lewis Carroll's Alice might have phrased it," You're nothing but a pack of neurons. " 正如刘易斯·卡罗尔,在《爱丽斯》中所描述的,“你不过是一堆神经元罢了”
This year the overall theme is the power of collaborative innovation, which is typical of Davos in being so broadly phrased that it can be interpreted to mean almost anything. 今年的总体主题是合作创新的力量。这种宽泛的措辞正是达沃斯的典型特征,人们几乎能从任何角度来理解这个话题。
They've asked people a question and then phrased it in two different ways. 他们询问人们同样的问题,并且将该问题按照两种不同方式提问。
On just these questions, although you have phrased them a bit more narrowly. 从仅仅这些问题上,即使你们措辞问题都倾向于狭义。
The relevant parts are phrased more like a criminal statute than a civil law. 该法案的相关条款更像是一部刑法,而不是民法。
The LSCI questions, like those of the FCI, were phrased, as much as possible, in ordinary language, and they include "distracters" drawn from common misconceptions. 跟FCI中的问题一样,LSCI中的问题也是尽可能运用普通语言、运用短句表达的,其中包含由于常见的概念错误而造成的“错误选项”。
The last paragraph is ambiguously phrased. 最后一段表达得不明确。
In part, it reflects the success of Mr Abe's October visit, during which the two sides signed a warmly phrased joint declaration committing them to a mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests. 从某种程度上讲,这反映了安倍去年10月访华所取得的成功,在他访问期间,中日双方签定了措辞热情的联合声明,承诺努力构筑基于共同战略利益的互惠关系。
The statement was phrased in language unfamiliar to anyone who had listened to his speeches for years. 他在声明中所用的措辞,那些即使是多年来听过他演讲的人来说,陌生的。
"But, brother, didn't we decide that the appeal had been improperly phrased?" a brother interrupted. “可是,兄弟,我们不是得出了结论,认为那次号召措辞不当吗?”一个兄弟插嘴道。
We're already in a patriarchal context because the question is phrased as, is it alright for a man to divorce his wife? 这个问题已经设在一个男权语境中了,因为这个问题是,男人休妻合适吗?
I'm not sure if I phrased it correctly, therefore, I published my blog in the morning, and the English translation was done quite quickly 我不知道我说的对不对,所以,早上我放了上去,英文很快翻译了