n. 短语; 词组; 成语; 习语; 惯用法; 警句; 乐句; 乐节 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的第三人称单数和复数
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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。