paraphrase

英 ['pærəfreɪz] 美 ['pærəfrez]
  • n. 释义;改述;演释曲
  • vt. 改述
  • vi. 释义;意译
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paraphrase 解释,意译

para-,在旁,在周围,-phrase,说,告知,词源同phrase,phrasebook.引申词义解释,音译。

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.
1. Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
菲利普·拉金的意思是:父母可能会严重损害你的健康。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The following is a paraphrase of what was said.
下面是对刚才说过的话的阐释。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.
先试解释一下问题再作回答。

来自《权威词典》

4. She gave us a paraphrase of that film.
她向我们复述了那部电影.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose in vernacular language.
把这篇古文译成白话文。

来自辞典例句