| 单词 | rephrase |
| 释义 | rephrase (once / 84424 pages) v To rephrase something is to say it again, in a slightly different way. You might rephrase your question if the person you're asking doesn't understand it the first time. You might want to rephrase something to clarify a statement, adjust your ideas to fit your audience, or try not to offend the person you're talking to. A salesman might rephrase his pitch if he's not having much success selling encyclopedias, and an author might rephrase material from a book so that the kindergartners she's talking to will understand her. The word combines the prefix re-, "again," and phrase, from the Greek phrasis, or "speech." WORD FAMILYrephrase: rephrased, rephrases, rephrasing+/phrase: phrasal, phrased, phrases, phrasing, rephrase/phrasing: phrasings/rephrasing: rephrasings USAGE EXAMPLESIf you take offense at my language, I am happy to rephrase my meaning. New York Times(Oct 04, 2016) I rephrase my earlier question: is he afraid of making enemies in public life and politics? The Guardian(Oct 15, 2016) We might rephrase it as: “Automation will routinely tidy up ordinary messes, but occasionally create an extraordinary mess.” The Guardian(Oct 11, 2016) v express the same message in different words Syn|Hypo|Hyper paraphrase, reword translate express, as in simple and less technical language ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell to say, state, or perform again |
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