phrases

Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.

电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。

I just roll the phrases round inside my head.

我就在头脑里翻来覆去地思考这些话语。

He is fond of using high-sounding phrases.

他爱用夸大的词句。

I retained a few French words and phrases.

我记住了几法语单词和语。

I should have phrased my question differently.

我本应该换一种方式来提出我的问题。

His every phrase is salted with personality.

他的一言一语都富有性。

The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.

最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结。

She has a very amusing turn of phrase.

她说话可逗人了。

The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.

这语被采用后很快就流行了。

The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.

这语在这本字典里被语。

This phrase is labelled as an Americanism in this dictionary.

这本词典把这语称美国特有的语言现象。

The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.

这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的。

The passage is badly phrased.

这段话措词很糟。

That was a picturesque phrase.

那是一形象化的说法。

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

他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的主题很不熟悉。

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

他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的课程很不熟悉。

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

一番振奋人心的呼吁就绘羽最后荒唐的词语缪用--奇思异想。

That phrase has come into usage.

那语已大家所惯用。

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

从广义上来说，习语包括语、谚语、俗语歇后语等。

The lecturer phrased monotonously.

这位讲师用词单调。