| 释义 |
reˈphrase, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To put into different words; to express in an alternative way. Also absol. and fig. Hence reˈphrasing vbl. n.
1895Boyd Carpenter Lect. Preaching 180 The thing.. often needs to be translated and rephrased. 1949M. Mead Male & Female viii. 176 The extreme ingenuity with which man has rephrased his own physiology. 1952M. R. Rinehart Swimming Pool xi. 103 Perhaps I'd better rephrase the question. 1953Essays in Criticism III. 109 A good opportunity to rephrase and to say more properly what I had to say. 1961R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts xv. 342 Careful and formal styles..resort to rephrasings that avoid the problem. 1966Ogilvy & Anderson Excurs. Number Theory i. 5 When somebody else comes along and rephrases the question or perhaps asks a new one, a breakthrough results. 1967Cox & Grose Organization & Handling Bibl. Rec. by Computer iv. 98 The second major objective is to develop a man-machine dialoguing capability which will permit real time rephrasing of input queries. 1981‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous xiv. 80 I'll rephrase what I said. I know that you knew Sergeant Proctor. |