单词 | comment |
释义 | comment (once / 65 pages) nv To comment is to state your opinion or make a remark on something. Of course, it's good to know when to hold your tongue. Comment on the latest movie? No problem. Comment on the annoying airport security measures while having your baggage checked? Better not. A written explanation or criticism is a comment. Your teacher's comments on your paper may thrill you when you do excellent work or unnerve you when you receive the message, "See me!" If you state your opinion, this is also a comment. Politicians talking to the press are fond of the statement, "No comment," which means they don't want to express an opinion — or more likely, they don't want to get in trouble. WORD FAMILYcomment: commentary, commentate, commented, commenting, comments+/commentary: commentaries/commentate: commentated, commentates, commentating, commentator/commentator: commentators USAGE EXAMPLESLincoln once commented that there was no glory in the presidency, only “ashes and blood.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) There was no immediate comment from either North or South Korea on Mr. Trump’s latest remarks. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Customs and Border Patrol officials were not immediately available for comment. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper input, remark Parkinson's law C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done Parkinson's lawC. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion ad-lib remark made spontaneously without prior preparation courtesya courteous or respectful or considerate remark gambit, ployan opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker obiter dictum, passing commentan incidental remark mention, referencea remark that calls attention to something or someone observation, reflection, reflexiona remark expressing careful consideration riba teasing remark crack, quip, sally, wisecrackwitty remark barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slaman aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect conversation stopper, stoppera remark to which there is no polite conversational reply banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitudea trite or obvious remark zingera striking or amusing or caustic remark allusionpassing reference or indirect mention retrospectionreference to things past name-droppingthe practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener cheap shotan unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 2n a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material he wrote an extended comment on the proposal Syn|Hypo|Hyper commentary Midrash (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text annotation, notation, notea comment or instruction (usually added) poste restantea notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada) acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, referencea short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage footer, footnotea printed note placed below the text on a printed page N.B., NB, nota benea Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something PS, postscripta note appended to a letter after the signature statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 3n a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people Syn|Hypo|Hyper gossip, scuttlebutt earful an outpouring of gossip hearsay, rumor, rumourgossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth grapevine, pipeline, word of mouthgossip spread by spoken communication dirt, malicious gossip, scandaldisgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people talk, talk of the townidle gossip or rumor account, report the act of informing by verbal report 4v make or write a comment on he commented the paper of his colleague Syn|Hypo|Hyper notice, point out, remark criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws wisecrackmake a comment, usually ironic kibbitz, kibitzmake unwanted and intrusive comments censure, criminate, reprimandrebuke formally blast, crucify, pillory, savagecriticize harshly or violently admonish, reprovetake to task bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trouncecensure severely or angrily reprehendexpress strong disapproval of deploreexpress strong disapproval of belabor, belabourattack verbally with harsh criticism come downcriticize or reprimand harshly denouncespeak out against blame, find fault, pickharass with constant criticism belittle, disparage, pick atexpress a negative opinion of nitpickbe overly critical; criticize minor details assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipeattack in speech or writing harsh oncriticize harshly mention, note, observe, remark make mention of 5v explain or interpret something Hypo|Hyper second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight DJ, disc-jockey, disk-jockeycomment on music to be played explain, explicate make plain and comprehensible 6v provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases Syn|Hyper annotate, gloss interpret, rede give an interpretation or explanation to |
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