Paraphrase



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 释义, 意译
• ［英］ n. / v. 释义, 意译 ( a restatement in different words)
• ［类］ paraphrase : verbatim / approximate : precise ( 意译不是逐字的 / 约等于不是精确的)
• ［例］ a paraphrase of the sonne

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein to paraphrase, from para- + phrazein to point out
• Date: 1548
• 1. a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
• 2. the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition

II. verb (-phrased; -phrasing)

• Date: 1596
• intransitive verb
  • to make a paraphrase
• transitive verb
  • to make a paraphrase of
• ? paraphrasable adjective
• ? paraphraser noun

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