be couched in something

formalEXPRESS to be expressed in a particular way 以〔特定方式〕表达，用…措辞

The offer was couched in legal jargon.

那份提议是用法律术语写的。

Examples from the Corpus

be couched in something• Reporters could not attend meetings, press releases were couched in generalities and favoured the conservative line.• The message would be couched in Inquisition language; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically.• Emily Pfeiffer's case for women's education, for example, was couched in language that would appease social Darwinists.• While the description of the problem is couched in literary terms, hypotheses ought to be couched in operational terms.• The Declaration of Rights itself was couched in the language of political conservatism.• The language of the Bible is couched in the language of the first century.• At worst a vague objective should be couched in very precise terms.

→ be couched in something at couch2(1)

单词	be couched in something
释义	be couched in something be couched in something formalEXPRESS to be expressed in a particular way 以〔特定方式〕表达，用…措辞 The offer was couched in legal jargon. 那份提议是用法律术语写的。 Examples from the Corpus be couched in something• Reporters could not attend meetings, press releases were couched in generalities and favoured the conservative line.• The message would be couched in Inquisition language; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically.• Emily Pfeiffer's case for women's education, for example, was couched in language that would appease social Darwinists.• While the description of the problem is couched in literary terms, hypotheses ought to be couched in operational terms.• The Declaration of Rights itself was couched in the language of political conservatism.• The language of the Bible is couched in the language of the first century.• At worst a vague objective should be couched in very precise terms. → be couched in something at couch2(1)
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