phrased

英 [freɪzd]

美 [freɪzd]

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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
  Aphraseis 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.
  1. 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。”
  2. ...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
  Aphraseis a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
  1. 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 youphrasesomething in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
  1. I would have phrased it quite differently...
     我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
  2. The speech was carefully phrased...
     该演讲措词严谨。
  3. They phrased it as a question.
     他们用提问的方式来表述它。
• 罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。 → see:Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.

双语例句

• 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。
• 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”。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The last paragraph is ambiguously phrased.
  最后一段表达得不明确。