phrased

英 [freɪzd]

美 [freɪzd]

v.  (以某种方式)表达，措辞，推敲; 划分乐句，分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱)
phrase的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
  Aphraseis 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.
  1. 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。”
  2. ...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
• N-COUNT 词组；短语
  Aphraseis a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
  1. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
     不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
• VERB 用语言表达；叙述
  If youphrasesomething in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
  1. I would have phrased it quite differently...
     我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
  2. The speech was carefully phrased...
     该演讲措词严谨。
  3. They phrased it as a question.
     他们用提问的方式来表述它。
• 罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。 → see:Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.

双语例句

• 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？
• 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。
• When phrased this way, it makes you sound like a superhero.
  如果这样措辞，会使你听起来像个超级英雄。
• The statement was phrased in language unfamiliar to anyone who had listened to his speeches for years.
  他在声明中所用的措辞，那些即使是多年来听过他演讲的人来说，陌生的。
• I realize I phrased it badly and I should have been more tactful.
  我意识到自己讲法不当，我本该圆滑些。
• 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。
• The last paragraph is ambiguously phrased.
  最后一段表达得不明确。
• "But, brother, didn't we decide that the appeal had been improperly phrased?" a brother interrupted.
  “可是，兄弟，我们不是得出了结论，认为那次号召措辞不当吗？”一个兄弟插嘴道。
• 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”
• The LSCI questions, like those of the FCI, were phrased, as much as possible, in ordinary language, and they include "distracters" drawn from common misconceptions.
  跟FCI中的问题一样，LSCI中的问题也是尽可能运用普通语言、运用短句表达的，其中包含由于常见的概念错误而造成的“错误选项”。