1. 慣用法;成語;習(xí)語;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.
e.g. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.' 他說了一句我討厭的話:“要想善良,就得殘忍。” e.g. ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something. 意思是“完全失敗”的美國習(xí)語 laying an egg
2. 詞組;短語 A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
phrase在線翻譯
e.g. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase. 不可能僅通過說某個詞或短語就能把人催眠。
3. 用語言表達;敘述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
e.g. I would have phrased it quite differently... 我本可以把它表述得全然不同。 e.g. The speech was carefully phrased... 該演講措詞嚴謹。
4. 表達方式;措詞 If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words.
e.g. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase. 羅斯的故事寫得不錯,她的語言表達形象生動。 e.g. ...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase. 施瓦茨科普夫與眾不同的行文風(fēng)格
phrase英英釋義
noun
1. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
2. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
3. a short musical passage
Synonym: musical phrase
4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up