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phraseology

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Linguistics
phra·se·ol·o·gy /ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi $ -ˈɑː-/ noun [uncountable]  SLthe way that words and phrases are chosen and used in a particular language or subject 〔某种语言或学科的〕用词;措辞
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phraseologyIt is too clear for argument that the change in phraseology was adopted understandingly and with a purpose.Even so the most ingenious phraseology could not truly reconcile the many disparate concerns of the allies.The children dressed up for mock scenarios which the police experience daily and learnt about legal phraseology.Each language has its own phraseology, its own idiom which rules out many options that are potentially available as grammatical sequences.Simple phraseology throughout makes the work easily accessible.the standard phraseology of air traffic controllersHe used that phraseology over and over again.Cathal Goulding was generally in favour but agreed that some of the phraseology could be altered.
phra·se·ol·o·gy nounChineseSyllable
Corpus that phrases are words the and way


phraseology
phraseology /ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi $ -ˈɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
the way that words and phrases are chosen and used in a particular language or subject


phrase·ologyBrE /ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfreɪziˈɑːlədʒi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the particular way in which words and phrases are arranged when saying or writing sth 措辞;遣词造句