phrase

英 [freɪz] 美 [freɪz]

• n. 短语；习语；措辞；[音]乐句
• vt. 措词；将(乐曲)分成乐句

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]短语,成语

   (in grammar) a group of words without a finite verb, especially when they are used to form part of a sentence

2. [C]说法,简洁的语句,警句

   a short expression, especially one that is clever and very suited to what is meaning

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 叙述; 措词

   say; express in the stated way

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 警句，名言，格言，箴言
2. 词组；短语
3. 措辞，用语
4. 【音】乐句，乐节
5. 【语法】片语
6. 习惯用语，惯用语；成语
7. 空话，废话
8. 说法

v. 动词

1. 用话表示，用片语描述，用言语表达（词），用短语表达，用短语描述
2. 把...叫做...
3. 称赞，恭维，巴结
4. 【音】把...分成短句；把…分成各乐节
5. 说，述
6. 推敲；措辞

英英释义

Noun:

1. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

2. a short musical passage

3. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

4. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

Verb:

1. put into words or an expression;

   "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
   

2. divide, combine, or mark into phrases;

   "phrase a musical passage"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The new phrase is now on the tongue of men.
   这个新短语现在正十分流行。
2. The teacher dictated the phrase to the class.
   老师让全班同学听写这个短语。
3. He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
   他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。
4. The speaker certainly knew how to turn a phrase.
   该讲话者当然懂得如何措词。
5. Four whipping bars, ff as well as marcatissimo, put a more or less vicious and peremptory end to the phrase.
   四个鞭打般的小节，以带强调的最强音给乐句一个或多或少野蛮而断然的结束。
6. Notice syncopation in the second phrase where the accent falls after the first beat.
   注意第二乐句中的切分音，重音在第一拍之后出现。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts.
   他顿了一下，象是在考虑接下去要说的意思该怎样来措词表达。
2. She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days.
   这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. That's exactly the phrase I was looking for myself.
   这就是我一直找的那个短语。
2. Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.
   这首诗中每一词语都含义深远。
3. He was—what is the phrase I'm looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.
   他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的主题很不熟悉。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The lecturer phrased monotonously.
   这位讲师用词单调。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She phrased her excuse politely.
   她很客气地说出了她的借口。
2. I phrased my request very carefully.
   我小心翼翼地说出了我的请求。
3. The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
   最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结。
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4. This passage is badly phrased.
   这段话措词很糟。

经典引文

• The supreme felicity of phrase in which he has no equal.

  出自： A. W. Ward

• A very typically American turn of phrase.

  出自： B. Foster

• She was got up smart, as she phrased it.

  出自： E. M. Forster

• He phrased his accusations in hysterical anti-Jewish language.

  出自： A. N. Wilson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• borrow the phrase of 借用…的措词
• coin a phrase 创造一个新词语
• expand〔omit〕 a phrase 扩展〔省掉〕一个词组
• turn a phrase 运用一个词,能言善道

形容词+～

• catch phrase 标语,引人注意的词句
• colloquial〔everyday, simple〕 phrase 习惯〔日常,简单〕用语
• common phrase 普通的短语
• dead phrase 不再使用的短语
• favorite phrase 口头禅
• glib phrase 流利的语句
• set phrase 固定词组,客套话
• well-known phrase 名言
• well-turned phrase 恰当的词语
• empty phrase 空话

名词+～

• law phrase 法律用语
• noun〔verb〕 phrase 名词〔动词〕短语
• slang phrase 俚语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• phrase sb's excuse 说出某人的借口
• phrase sb's require 说出某人的请求
• phrase sb's summation 作出总结

～+副词

• phrase wrong 措词错误
• phrase appropriately 正确地叙述
• phrase carefully 细致地叙述
• phrase euphemistically 措词委婉
• phrase explicitly 措词明确
• phrase fancifully 措词富有想象力
• phrase fantastically 幻想般地措词
• phrase ingeniously 巧妙地措词
• phrase mildly 措词温和
• phrase monotonously 用词单调
• phrase poetically 诗一般地叙述
• phrase politely 有礼貌地说出
• phrase technically 专业性地叙述
• phrase vividly 措词生动形象

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. phrase用作名词时意思是“短语”“词组”,转化为动词后意为“叙述”“措词”。
2. phrase既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

词源解说

• ☆ 1530年进入英语，直接源自后期拉丁语的phrasis，意为措词，用语；最初源自古希腊语的phrasis，意为演讲，说话的方式。

近反义词

【近义词】

• expression
• saying
• words