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| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔Americanism〕A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of English as it is spoken in the United States.美式英语特征：有美式英语特色的单词、短语或成语美国传统〔Briticism〕A word, a phrase, or an idiom characteristic of or peculiar to English as it is spoken in Great Britain.英国英语语法：英国人特用的词、短语、或习语，如大不列颠人所讲的美国传统〔COME FROM〕Many phrases in the language go back to early religious writings. 这种语言中的许多短语可追溯至早期的宗教文献。朗文写作活用〔Germanism〕A German idiom or phrasing that appears in another language.德语习语：出现在另一种语言中的德语习语或短语美国传统〔HELP〕The phrase book wasn't much help in carrying on a conversation. 短语手册对于会话没有多大用处。朗文写作活用〔LANGUAGE〕You shouldn't use phrases like ‘sort of’ in essays -- they're too colloquial. 文章中不应该用sort of那样的短语—太口语化了。朗文写作活用〔P-marker〕A phrase marker.短语标记美国传统〔Saxonism〕An English word, phrase, or idiom of Anglo-Saxon origin.撒克逊语风：源于盎格鲁-撒克逊的英语单词、短语或成语美国传统〔WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE〕Some idiomatic phrases don't translate literally, so you have to find an equivalent. 有些短语不能按字面意思翻译，因此必须找对应的说法。朗文写作活用〔WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE〕The phrase ‘a big black dog’ is the subject of the sentence. 短语a big black dog是这个句子的主语。朗文写作活用〔abbreviate〕To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.缩略：将（单词或短语）缩到较短的形式来代表完整的形式美国传统〔accept〕How is this phrase to be accepted? 这一短语怎样解释?英汉大词典〔adjunct〕In “They ate heartily,” the word heartily is an adjunct and in “We left at noon,” the phrase at noon is an adjunct.在句子They ate heartily中，单词heartily是修饰成分；在句子We left at noon中，短语at noon是修饰成分。韦氏高阶〔adverb〕In the phrase "she smiled cheerfully", the word "cheerfully" is an adverb.在短语 she smiled cheerfully 中，cheerfully 是副词。剑桥高阶〔adverb〕In the phrase "the house was spotlessly clean", the word "spotlessly" is an adverb.在短语 the house was spotlessly clean 中，spotlessly 是副词。剑桥高阶〔adverb〕In ‘speak kindly’, ‘incredibly deep’, ‘just in time’ and ‘too quickly’, ‘kindly’, ‘incredibly’, ‘just’ and ‘too’ are all adverbs.在 speak kindly、incredibly deep、just in time 和 too quickly 四个短语中，kindly、incredibly、just 和 too 都是副词。牛津高阶〔and〕Together with or along with; in addition to; as well as. Used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that have the same grammatical function in a construction.和；与；及；同；又；也：和或同；又；也。用来连接具有相同语法功能的单词，短语或从句美国传统〔apposition〕In the phrase ‘Paris, the capital of France’, ‘the capital of France’ is in apposition to ‘Paris’.在短语 Paris, the capital of France 中，the capital of France 是 Paris 的同位语。牛津高阶〔appositive〕A word or phrase that is in apposition.同位语，同位短语美国传统〔attributive〕In the phrase black cat, black is an attributive.在短语 “black cat” 中, “black”是定语。英汉大词典〔buzz phrase〕A phrase used as a buzzword.流行术语：用作行话的短语美国传统〔byword〕An often-used word or phrase.俗语：常用的单词或短语美国传统〔by〕It's hard to know what the author intended by this phrase.很难知道作者使用这个短语的用意。韦氏高阶〔cheer〕A short, rehearsed jingle or phrase, shouted in unison by a squad of cheerleaders.欢呼：一小队啦啦队员齐声喊的短促、反复的音韵或短语美国传统〔code word〕A secret word or phrase used as a code name or password.密码字：一个秘密的字或短语，用作密码名称或口令美国传统〔coinage〕A new word or phrase.新单词或短语美国传统〔coin〕The coach coined the phrase “refuse to lose.” 教练新创了refuse to lose这一短语。韦氏高阶〔coin〕To devise (a new word or phrase).杜撰：设计（新单词或短语）美国传统〔collocation〕In the phrase "a hard frost", "hard" is a collocation of "frost" and "strong" would not sound natural.在短语 a hard frost 中，hard 可与 frost 搭配，用 strong 则听上去不自然。剑桥高阶〔continuous〕The phrases “am seeing,” “had been seeing,” and “is being seen” are all in continuous tenses.短语am seeing、had been seeing和is being seen都是进行时态。韦氏高阶〔corruption〕The phrase “an apron” is a corruption of the original English phrase “a napron.” 短语an apron是原英语短语a napron的变体。韦氏高阶〔decidedly〕The phrases have decidedly different meanings.这些短语有明显不同的含义。韦氏高阶〔definiendum〕A word or expression that is being defined.定义：经过明确解释的单词或短语美国传统〔definition〕A statement of the meaning of a word, phrase, or term, as in a dictionary entry.释义：对单词、短语或术语的意义的说明，如字典的词条中的解释美国传统〔demonstrative adjective〕In the phrase “give me that book,” the word “that” is a demonstrative adjective.在短语givemethatbook中，单词that是指示形容词。韦氏高阶〔determiner〕In the phrases "my first boyfriend" and "that strange woman", the words "my" and "that" are determiners.在 my first boyfriend 和 that strange woman 这两个短语中，my 和 that 都是限定词。剑桥高阶〔dialect〕Cant now usually refers to the specialized vocabulary of a group or trade and is often marked by the use of stock phrases. Cant 现在通常指某个集团或贸易的专业词汇，并常常明显带有股票短语的使用。美国传统〔direction〕Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung.【音乐】 乐谱上的指引文字：在乐谱中指引一节乐曲如何演奏或演唱的词或短语美国传统〔distinct〕The phrase has three distinct meanings.这个短语有三种不同的意思。韦氏高阶〔double-entendre〕A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.双关语：具有两层含义的单词或短语，尤其第二层含义下流时美国传统〔double-entendre〕The use of such a word or phrase; ambiguity.摸棱两可，含糊不清：双关词或双关短语的使用；模棱两可美国传统〔expression〕The expression “to make fun of” means “to ridicule.” 短语to make fun of意为“嘲笑、嘲弄”。韦氏高阶〔figurative〕The phrase “know your ropes” means literally “to know a lot about ropes,” while its figurative meaning is “to know a lot about how to do something.” 短语know your ropes的字面意思是“懂得很多关于绳子的知识”，而其比喻义为“做某事很有经验”。韦氏高阶〔future〕In the sentence "He will study" the verb phrase "will study" is in the future.句子 He will study 中，动词短语 will study 用的是将来时。剑桥高阶〔inchoative〕Grammar Of or being a verb or verbal form that designates the beginning of an action, a state, or an event.【语法】 表示动作开始的：属于或作为表示行为、状态或事件开始的动词或动词短语的美国传统〔key〕Underline key words and phrases as you read.阅读时要把关键词和短语划出来。韦氏高阶〔lemma〕A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing.词条，条目：在词典或类似的项目中的单词或短语美国传统〔meaningless〕The phrase has become almost meaningless.这个短语已变得几乎毫无意义了。牛津搭配〔meaning〕What is the exact meaning of this phrase? 这个短语的准确含义是什么？牛津搭配〔mint〕He minted that phrase.他创造了那个短语。外研社新世纪〔modernism〕A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.现代用法：带有现代时期特色的一个词汇或短语的用法或风格美国传统〔modify〕In the phrase “a red hat,” the adjective “red” modifies the noun “hat.” 在短语a red hat中，形容词red修饰名词hat。韦氏高阶〔mouthful〕A long word, name, or phrase that is difficult to pronounce.冗长拗口的词、名字或短语美国传统〔nest〕Phrases are nested in the dictionary entry for the first major word.短语按第一主词排入词典词条中。朗文当代〔noun phrase〕In the sentence ‘I spoke to the driver of the car’, ‘the driver of the car’ is a noun phrase.在句子 I spoke to the driver of the car 中，the driver of the car 是名词短语。牛津高阶〔parallel〕Grammar Having identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.【语法】 对等的，并列的：在相应的句子或短语中具有相同或替换的句法结构的美国传统〔particle〕The phrasal verb “look up” consists of the verb “look” and the adverbial particle “up.” 动词短语look up由动词look和副词小品词up构成。韦氏高阶〔password〕A secret word or phrase that one uses to gain admittance or access to information.口令，暗号：某人用来得以进入或获得信息所使用的秘密的单词或短语美国传统〔pepper〕Her English was peppered with French phrases.她的英语里夹杂着很多法语短语。外研社新世纪〔pepper〕While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases.她的英语语法上没错，但是里面夹杂着很多法语短语。柯林斯高阶〔phrase marker〕In generative grammar, a representation in the form of a tree diagram or labeled brackets of the constituent structure of a sentence.短语标记：在生成语法中，用树形图或标记符号来表示一个句子的结构成分的标志美国传统〔phrasemaker〕One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.擅长于制造警句者：创作令人难忘或有影响短语的人，如演讲稿撰写人美国传统〔phraseogram〕A symbol, such as one used in shorthand, that designates a particular phrase.代表短语（词组）的符号：代表某一特定短语的符号，如速记中使用的代词符号美国传统〔phraseograph〕A phrase represented by a phraseogram.由符号代表的短语美国传统〔phrase〕Grammar Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.【语法】 短语，词组：形成一个句法单位的有顺序的两个或更多的词语，它比一个完整句子要小美国传统〔phrase〕He was explaining the difference between a phrase and a clause.他在解释短语与小句之间的差别。外研社新世纪〔phrase〕To make or render phrases, as in reading aloud.措辞，念辞：制造或说出短语，如朗读时美国传统〔phrasing〕The act of making phrases.用语：制造短语的行为美国传统〔place〕Try looking for the phrase in another place in the dictionary.试着在词典的其他地方查找这个短语。韦氏高阶〔pleonasm〕A superfluous word or phrase.冗词：多余的词或短语美国传统〔predeterminer〕In the phrases "all these children" and "once a day" the words "all" and "once'" are predeterminers.在短语 all these children 和 once a day 中，all 和 once 都是前位限定成分。剑桥高阶〔puzzle out〕She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase.经过认真思考，她弄清楚了这个奇怪短语的意思。韦氏高阶〔qualifier〕Grammar A word or phrase that qualifies, limits, or modifies the meaning of another word or phrase.【语法】 修饰语：修饰或限制另一个词或短语意思的词或短语美国传统〔really〕It isn't really a dictionary – it's a sort of phrase book.这并非是一本真正的词典而是一本短语手册。麦克米伦高阶〔redundantly〕In the phrase “old adage,” “old” is sometimes thought of as being used redundantly.短语“古老谚语”中的“古老”一词有时被视作多余。韦氏高阶〔refrain〕A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.副句，副歌：一个短语、一句诗或一组诗句在一首歌或诗中每隔一段重复一次， 尤其在每个诗节的结尾处美国传统〔relative clause〕The phrase “that won” in “the book that won” is a relative clause.短语that won在the book that won中是个关系从句。韦氏高阶〔rendering〕This phrase may well have been a rendering of a popular Arabic expression.这个短语可能翻译自一个阿拉伯语常用表达。柯林斯高阶〔render〕The Italian phrase can be rendered as ‘I did my best’.这个意大利语的短语可以译为“我尽力了”。牛津高阶〔repetend〕A word, sound, or phrase that is repeated; a refrain.叠句：重复的词语、声音或短语；重复句美国传统〔rhythm〕The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements such as words, phrases, incidents, themes, images, and symbols.文学作品的节奏：通过例如单词、短语、插曲、主题曲、形象及象征等成分的重复在文学或戏剧作品中产生的展开的形式美国传统〔second person〕In the phrase ‘you are’, the verb ‘are’ is in the second person and the word ‘you’ is a second-person pronoun.在短语 you are 中，动词 are 是第二人称形式，而单词 you 是第二人称代词。牛津高阶〔section〕The new edition of the dictionary adds a section on phrasal verbs.新版词典增加了短语动词部分。牛津搭配〔separable〕The phrasal verb ‘tear up’ is separable because you can say ‘She tore the letter up’ or ‘She tore up the letter’.* tear up 是可以分开的短语动词，因为既可以说 She tore the letter up ，又可以说 She tore up the letter。牛津高阶〔shade〕The phrase has many shades of meaning.这短语有许多层意思。英汉大词典〔sign〕A conventional figure or device that stands for a word, a phrase, or an operation; a symbol, as in mathematics or in musical notation.符号：用来代表一个词、短语或一个操作的习惯性图形或图案；数学或乐符中的符号美国传统〔split infinitive〕What is "split" here is not an infinitivebut a prepositional phrase.这里的“分裂”不是不定式，而是一个前置短语美国传统〔state〕As previously stated, the phrase has an ambiguous meaning.如前所述，这个短语存在歧义。牛津搭配〔syntax〕The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.句式：一种语言中句子或短语的构成式样美国传统〔the future perfect〕In the sentence "By that time I will have finished" the verb phrase "will have finished" is in the future perfect.在句子 By that time I will have finished 中，动词短语 will have finished 用的是将来完成时。剑桥高阶〔tulle〕A fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus, or gowns.面纱：一种浆过的细纱网、人造丝网或尼龙网，专门用作面纱、芭蕾舞短语和衣服美国传统〔turn〕The girl turned a pretty phrase.女孩写出了一个漂亮的短语。21世纪英汉〔verbalism〕A wordy phrase or sentence that has little meaning.赘语：无意义的施沓冗长的短语或句子美国传统〔verbalism〕An expression in words; a word or phrase.言辞：用言辞的表达；单词或短语美国传统〔verb〕A phrase or other construction used as a verb.动词结构：用作动词的短语或其它结构体美国传统〔vernacular〕An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression.习语，成语：惯用的词语、短语或表达方式美国传统〔vulgarism〕A crudely indecent word or phrase; an obscenity.下流话：粗俗下流的词或短语；下流话美国传统〔word order〕The syntactic arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase.词序：在句子、从句或短语中词语的句法安排美国传统As the critics watch a TV programme, they sometimes jot down a pithy phrase or two that sums up their reaction to what they're seeing.批评家们看一个电视节目的时候，有时草草记下一两个简洁的短语，概括他们观看后的反应。剑桥国际In the sentences ‘We took the night train’and ‘Do you know the man sitting in the corner’,‘the night train’and ‘the man sitting in the corner’are noun phrases.句子‘我们乘晚上的火车’和‘你认识坐在角落里的那个男人吗？中‘晚上的火车’和‘坐在角落里的那个男人’是名词短语。剑桥国际 |
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