phrase
phrase
英[freɪz]美[freɪz]
n.惯用法，词组，乐句；
v.用语言表达，划分乐句；
复数：phrases;
第三人称单数：phrases;
过去式：phrased;
过去分词：phrased;
现在分词：phrasing;
例句
That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。
That phrase has come into usage.那个短语已为大家所惯用。
He was—what is the phrase I'm looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的课程很不熟悉。
That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。
The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
She was, in her own memorable phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.用她自己的令人记忆深刻的话来说，她“历史清白”。
an infelicitous phrase不贴切的辞句
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。
He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, 'I'll see thee!'每周结束节目时他都会说那句经典的话，“下周见！”。
He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, "I'llsee thee!"每周结束节目时他都会说那句经典的话，“下周见！”。
英语六级真题
Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts..
出自-2015年12月阅读原文When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things," he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois' original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name — It's the Thing that counts. "
2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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惯用法；成语；习语；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.'他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。”...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 eggN-COUNT
词组；短语
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 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...该演讲措词严谨。PHRASE
表达方式；措词
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.罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格英汉词典释义
n.
〈语〉短语, 词组; 成语
That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。说法, 简洁的语句, 警句
He was—what is the phrase I'm looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的课程很不熟悉。乐句；乐节
vt.
（以某种方式）表达，推敲叙述; 措词
The moment I'd said, I could see that I'd phrased it wrong.我一说完那句话就知道措词不对。vt. & vi.
划分乐句，分乐节（尤指为奏乐或歌唱）
英英词典释义
Noun
1. an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
2. a short musical passage
3. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Verb
1. put into words or an expression;
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"行业词典
体育： 连续交锋过程；
