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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.
例句
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
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词组；短语
A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
例句
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。
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VERB
用语言表达；叙述
If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
表达方式；措词
If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words.
例句
Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.
罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。
...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.
施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格