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phrase noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + PHRASE | PHRASE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEcolloquial, idiomatic 口头用语;习语key 关键用语◆'Start slowly' is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.对初次参加马拉松比赛的运动员来说“开始阶段速度要慢”是至理名言。common, familiar, famous, popular 常用语;熟语;名言;流行语catch-all, empty, hackneyed, meaningless, stock 涵义甚广的短语;空洞的词语;肤浅的言辞;陈词滥调◆He just comes out with the same old stock phrases.他总说那些老一套的陈词滥调。apt, catchy (informal) , colourful/colorful, descriptive, memorable, telling, well-turned 贴切的/容易记住的/有趣的/描述性的/令人难忘的/吐露真情的/措辞巧妙的用语catch (usually catchphrase) , signature (NAmE) 潮语;口头禅◆the show's best known catchphrase展览中最出名的时髦话buzz 流行语◆A current popular buzz phrase is 'Think outside the box'.一个目前比较流行的流行语是“跳出框框思考”。code (especially NAmE) 暗语◆'Law and order' was most often a code phrase for repressive measures.“法律与秩序”是镇压措施最常见的代名词。musical 乐句adjectival, adverbial, noun, prepositional, verb 形容词/副词/名词/介词/动词短语VERB + PHRASEemploy, turn, use 使用词语;措辞◆She can certainly turn a phrase.她善于辞令。coin 创造新词语◆Who coined the phrase 'desktop publishing'?是谁创造了 desktop publishing (桌面出版)这个新词语?borrow 借用词语utter 说出词语quote, repeat 引用/重复词语trademark 将词语注册为商标◆In 1998, he trademarked the phrase 'Freedom of Expression'.在 1998 年,他将词语“表达自由”注册为商标。PHRASE + NOUNbook (供出国旅游者用的)外语常用语手册◆I bought a Spanish phrase book.我买了一本西班牙语常用语手册。PREPOSITIONin a/the phrase 在词语里◆She was, in her own memorable phrase, 'a woman without a past'.用她自己的令人记忆深刻的话来说,她是个“没有过去的女人”。PHRASESa choice of phrase 措辞◆Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.她不恰当的措辞惹恼了大多数观众。a turn of phrase 措辞;表达方式◆He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.他措辞谨慎,描述细致。 |