• n. 短語(yǔ), 習(xí)語(yǔ), 措辭, 樂(lè)句
• vt. 措詞, 將(樂(lè)曲)分成樂(lè)句

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)phrasis,措辭，表達(dá)，來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)phrazein,表達(dá)，告知，說(shuō)話，可能來(lái)自phren,思考，意志，智慧，來(lái)自PIE*gwhren,思想，思考，詞源同frantic,frenetic.

phrase

phrase: [16] Greek phrásis ‘speech, way of speaking’ was a derivative of the verb phrázein ‘show, explain’. English adopted it via Latin phrasis as phrasis, whose plural phrases eventually gave rise to a new singular phrase. From the same source comes periphrasis [16].
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phrase (n.)

1520s, "manner or style of expression," also "group of words with some unity," from Late Latin phrasis "diction," from Greek phrasis "speech, way of speaking, enunciation, phraseology," from phrazein "to express, tell," from phrazesthai "to consider," from PIE *gwhren- "to think" (see frenetic). The musical sense of "short passage" is from 1789.

phrase (v.)

"to put into a phrase," 1560s; see phrase (n.). Related: Phrased; phrasing.

1. A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.

會(huì)上發(fā)言者的一句話讓我思緒飄遠(yuǎn)。

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2. The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously.

此話不必當(dāng)真。

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3. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.

羅斯的故事寫得不錯(cuò)，她的語(yǔ)言表達(dá)形象生動(dòng)。

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4. He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, "I'llsee thee!"

每周結(jié)束節(jié)目時(shí)他都會(huì)說(shuō)那句經(jīng)典的話，“下周見(jiàn)！”。

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5. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.

幾乎再簡(jiǎn)單的話他也表達(dá)不清。

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