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phrasing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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phras·ing /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]  1 SAYthe way that something is said 措辞,说法;用语 I don’t remember her exact phrasing. 我不记得她原话是怎么说的了。2. APMa way of playing music, reading poetry etc that separates the notes, words, or lines into phrases 〔演奏音乐时的〕乐句划分;〔朗诵诗歌时的〕分句法
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phrasingthe careful phrasing of the reportSinatra's classic phrasingGood phrasing is all important: it has to set and keep the dancers going.A great deal of faulty question phrasing stems from survey workers being over-involved in their own ideas.Although some modern dancers do without music in the accepted sense of that term, they rarely do without rhythmic phrasing.Recognizing Shakespeare, the volunteer launched into a typically amateur rendition: false voice, stilted phrasing, etc.The Court of Appeal found that there had been a breach but the phrasing of the judgment is none the less restrictive.The phrasing is ambiguous, perhaps deliberately so, but suggests that for the moment only surveillance was intended.The phrasing may be very individual but he will lift it and project it.The unfortunate phrasing of his sentence hardly made things sound any better.
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phrasing
phrasing /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
1. the way that something is said:
    I don’t remember her exact phrasing.
2. a way of playing music, reading poetry etc that separates the notes, words, or lines into phrases


phras·ingBrE /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the words used to express sth 措辞;用语The phrasing of the report is ambiguous. 这份报告的措辞模棱两可。🔊🔊(music 音乐) the way in which a musician or singer divides a piece of music into phrases by pausing in suitable places 乐句划分法;分句法