1 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. 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
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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。”
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...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
2 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. 词组；短语
3 VERB 用语言表达；叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. 用语言表达；叙述
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I would have phrased it quite differently. [VERB noun adv.]
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
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The speech was carefully phrased. [VERB noun adv.]
该演讲措词严谨。
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They phrased it as a question. [VERB noun + as]
他们用提问的方式来表述它。
SYN express, say, word, put
4 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. to coin a phrase→see: coin 表达方式；措词
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