paraphrase
paraphrase 英 [ˈpærəfreɪz] 美 [ˈpærəˌfrez]
n. 释义；解释；意译 vt. 释义
进行时:paraphrasing 过去式:paraphrased 过去分词:paraphrased 第三人称单数:paraphrases 名词复数:paraphrases
- The verb paraphrase means to sum something up or clarify a statement by rephrasing it. So to paraphrase that explanation, it means to say something in other, simpler words.
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- n. 释义；解释；意译
- vt. 释义
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1. paraphrase this article in 250 words or less.
用不到 250 个字意译出这篇文章。
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2. So we had to paraphrase arguments to complete these tests.
所以我们要改写论点来完成这些测试。
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3. This time away offered me some perspectives on how – to paraphrase Henry David Thoreau – I had become a tool of my tools.
这一次逃离让我进一步洞察到我是怎样——套用亨利·大卫·梭罗的话——成了我的工具的工具。
- paraphrase (n.) 1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase (n.)).
- paraphrase (v.) c. 1600, from paraphrase (n.) or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
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