The speech was carefully phrased.
这篇讲话措辞谨慎。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
她的命令措辞好像是一项建议。
《牛津词典》I would have phrased it quite differently.
我则会用完全不同的话来表达它。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
我赞同他说的,但我会以不同的方式表述。
《牛津词典》In nearly every language, however the words are phrased, the most basic division in cinema history lies between films that are mute and films that speak.
几乎每一种语言中,无论措辞,电影史最基本的划分都在于无声和有声电影之间。
Such filings were usually phrased in terms of throwing oneself upon the king's mercy or conscience.
这类文件的措辞通常是将自己置于国王的仁慈或良心之上。
The letter was happily phrased.
这封信措辞妥当。
He phrased his criticisms in careful terms.
他的批评用词十分谨慎。
The last paragraph is ambiguously phrased.
最后一段表达得不明确。
The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结。
I phrased my comment delicately so as not to upset her.
我的评论措辞谨慎,以免使她不安。
When Barbara phrased her question, she had in mind a kind of distortion.
当芭芭拉表达她的问题,在她的脑海中有一种扭曲。
They've asked people a question and then phrased it in two different ways.
他们询问人们同样的问题,并且将该问题按照两种不同方式提问。
Maybe you misunderstood the question. Or maybe the question wasn't phrased clearly.
也许你误解了这个问题,或者这个问题没有问得很清楚。
No matter how I phrased it in my head, it always sounded like a bad pun, a sad joke.
不管我在脑子里怎么打草稿,说出来都像是个糟糕玩笑话。
The American pioneers phrased this clearlyand bluntly. They said, "Root, hog, or die."
美国拓荒者的措辞相当清楚和直截了当,他们说:“小猪生根啊,或完蛋”(Root hog or die)。
As Lewis Carroll's Alice might have phrased it, "You're nothing but a pack of neurons."
正如刘易斯·卡罗尔,在《爱丽斯》中所描述的,“你不过是一堆神经元罢了”。
All jests aside, we're in big trouble. A _ is a witty, usually cleverly phrased remark.
玩笑归玩笑,我们遇到了大麻烦。指一句风趣的,通常措辞巧妙的语句。
This is a very important and very popular question which could be phrased in many different ways.
这是一个非常重要的问题,经常会被问到,提问的方式也有很多种。
The statement was phrased in language unfamiliar to anyone who had listened to his speeches for years.
他在这一声明中所用的措辞,对于那些即使是多年来听过他演讲的人来说,也是陌生的。
I phrased this in terms of the taste of apples because if people can see the apples, they can be fooled.
我举苹果的例子是因为如果人们能看到苹果的样子,就有被骗的可能。
The scholar would be scared and run back home and, out of anger and frustration, coin phrased to curse dogs.
读书人惊恐地回到家中,愤怒之下,就造出了那些贬损狗的词汇。
"The way the answer was phrased was an indication that my views are being listened to very carefully," he says.
“回答的方式表明我的观点正被仔细倾听,”他认为。
It depends on how the questions and answers are phrased and what conclusions you are trying to draw from your poll.
这取决于问题和应答的措辞,还有您想从投票中得到什么样的结论。
I can't remember exactly how he phrased it but it was something like: "When do you guys get to be too old to do this?"
我已经记不清他确切的说法,但差不多是“你们什么时候会因为上了年纪,再也干不了这一行?”
We're already in a patriarchal context because the question is phrased as, is it alright for a man to divorce his wife?
这个问题已经设在一个男权语境中了,因为这个问题是,男人休妻合适吗?
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。
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key phrase
关键短语
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set phrase
成语;固定词组
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noun phrase
名词短语
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verb phrase
动词短语;动词词组
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prepositional phrase
介词短语
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phrase structure
短语结构;词组结构