a memorable phrase

易记的警句

牛津词典

She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past ’.

用她自己最喜欢的字眼说，她是个“没有不清白过去的女人”。

牛津词典

a carefully phrased remark

措辞谨慎的话语

牛津词典

I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.

我赞同他说的，但我会以不同的方式表述。

牛津词典

Her order was phrased as a suggestion.

她的命令措辞好像是一项建议。

牛津词典

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。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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 egg

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I would have phrased it quite differently...

我本可以把它表述得全然不同。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The speech was carefully phrased...

该演讲措词严谨。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.

施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His statement was too general and should have been qualified with phrase " in most cases ".

他的话太笼统,本应加上 “ 在大多数情况下 ” 加以限制.

《简明英汉词典》

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 ”.

《简明英汉词典》

The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.

这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的.

《简明英汉词典》

The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.

这个短语被采用后很快就流行了.

《简明英汉词典》

You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.

这本书用不着一字一句地抠.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.

这就是我一直找的那个短语.

《简明英汉词典》

This phrase is labelled as an Americanism in this dictionary.

这本词典把这个短语称为美国特有的语言现象.

《简明英汉词典》

That was a picturesque phrase.

那是一个形象化的说法.

《简明英汉词典》

The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.

这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语.

《简明英汉词典》

It was a metaphoric ( al ) phrase; we didn't really mean that he has green fingers, only that he is good at gardening.

它是一个比喻的词组; 我们并非说他长了绿手指而是说他擅长园艺技能.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

This phrase serves as a connecting link between the preceding and the following.

这个短语起到了承上启下的作用.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

Cross out this phrase.

抹掉这个短语.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

That phrase has come into usage.

那个短语已为大家所惯用.

《简明英汉词典》

We came across a new phrase.

我们遇到了一个新成语.

《现代英汉综合大词典》