phrases

Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.

电视体育解说员说来说就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。

I just roll the phrases round inside my head.

就在头脑里翻来覆考这些话语。

He is fond of using high-sounding phrases.

他爱用夸大词句。

I retained a few French words and phrases.

记住了几法语单词和短语。

I should have phrased my question differently.

本应该换一种方式来提问题。

His every phrase is salted with personality.

他一言一语都富有性。

She has a very amusing turn of phrase.

她说话可逗人了。

The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.

最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结。

The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.

这短语被采用后很快就流行了。

The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.

这短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。

The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.

这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意话引起。

This phrase is labelled as an Americanism in this dictionary.

这本词典把这短语称为美国特有语言现象。

The passage is badly phrased.

这段话措词很糟。

That was a picturesque phrase.

那是一形象化说法。

He was—what is the phrase I'm looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.

他——该怎么说呢——对自己课程很不熟悉。

He was—what is the phrase I’m looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.

他——该怎么说呢——对自己主题很不熟悉。

This stirring appeal is spoilt by a malapropism in the last phrase, the word singularity.

一番振奋人心呼吁就绘羽最后荒唐词语缪用--奇异想。

That phrase has come into usage.

那短语已为大家所惯用。

Abstract: Generally speaking, idioms include proverbs, phrases, vulgarism and two-part allegorical sayings.

从广义上来说，习语包括成语、谚语、俗语歇后语等。

The lecturer phrased monotonously.

这位讲师用词单调。