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N-COUNT
慣用法；成語；習語；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.'
他說了一句我討厭的話：“要想善良，就得殘忍。”
...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
意思是“完全失敗”的美國習語 laying an egg
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N-COUNT
詞組；短語
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.
不可能僅通過說某個詞或短語就能把人催眠。
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VERB
用語言表達；敘述
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...
該演講措詞嚴謹。
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PHRASE
表達方式；措詞
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.
羅斯的故事寫得不錯，她的語言表達形象生動。
...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.
施瓦茨科普夫與眾不同的行文風格