turn of phrase

turn of phrase

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• 网络措辞；之交的词组；某人特有的用语

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例句

As a writer, Mr Montefiore has an elegant turn of phrase and an unerring ear for the anecdote that will cut to the heart of a story.

作为一名作家，蒙蒂菲奥里先生措辞优雅，并能准确地运用趣闻轶事切入叙事中心。

It is a curious turn of phrase from a scholar whose own predictions can be faulted for displaying such a mechanical interpretation.

这真是一种奇怪的说法，因为人们也可以指责这位学者自己的预测同样犯了机械解读的错误。

Clearly, the governor keeps his love for a Chinese turn of phrase separate from his monetary policy.

这位印度央行行长显然将对中国俗语的热爱与自己的货币政策区分开来。

"It is a matter of waft rather than word-choice, " he tells us, with a characteristically musical turn of phrase.

他告诉我们，带着一种表示特性的短语的音乐变化，“那只关乎虚无，而不是单词选择”。

Separately, Paul Collier, an economist with a populist turn of phrase, calls such banks "pimps" .

具有平民论调的经济学家PaulCollier分别把这些银行称作“皮条客”。

Whey don't you ask Hal to help you write the application? He usually has a good turn of phrase.

你为什么不请哈尔帮助你写申请书呢？通常他有很好的措词才能。

my mother cried, and it struck me then, as it still does now, as a marvelous turn of phrase.

妈妈哭喊着，而我为此感到惊讶，直到现在还是这样。

a happy turn of phrase; a few well-chosen words; a felicitous comment.

恰当的措辞；一些适当的词语；恰当的评论。

This gives rise to trends or, in a less charitable turn of phrase, herd mentality.

这就产生了流行趋势，或者以一个不太入耳的词称之——群体心态。

defused the hostility with a deft turn of phrase.

用巧妙的措辞去除了敌意。

His skilful turn of phrase instantly draws the scene.

他巧妙的措辞立即把场景刻画在读者面前。

But there's barely an original turn of phrase in the book's nearly 400 pages.

并且，在本书将近400页得内容中几乎没有一个原创的修辞。

An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.

别出心裁对习语或思想作有创意或巧妙的转用

A happy turn of phrase.

巧妙的措词变化乐于助人。

a neat turn of phrase.

措辞的熟练转变

You have a nice turn of phrase, my boy.

你很会措词，我的孩子。

an indeterminate turn of phrase;

措辞的模糊转变；