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Definition of paraphrase in English: paraphraseverb ˈparəfreɪzˈpɛrəˌfreɪz [with object]Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity. 对（书面或口头材料）释义，解释（作者，说话人）的意思 you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts 你可以直接引用书上的原文，也可以转述。 Example sentencesExamples - The words were repeated and the speech was paraphrased.
- Printed text was paraphrased to avoid breaking the code.
- The discovery of every tale, Naipaul writes, paraphrasing Joseph Conrad, is a moral one.
- Miller committed a further offense by paraphrasing the quote and distorting Smithson's analysis.
- I'm totally paraphrasing this conversation.
- I'm paraphrasing an old joke to make a point about the state of celebrity in 2002.
- In part because the meanings of a Beethoven symphony can't be paraphrased into words, one can make purely personal, emotional use of the music.
- The answers are paraphrased as I wrote them down as fast as I could.
- Here the indefinite a fun and fruity wine can be paraphrased as a fun and fruity kind of wine.
- Active listening involves occasionally paraphrasing ideas expressed by the person.
- Interesting though the research on driver impairment due to carrying out a mobile conversation is just paraphrasing the research sufficient work to generate an article?
- It's a tough gig best described by paraphrasing the old joke about farming: If you want to make a small fortune free-lancing, start with a large fortune.
- This story is of course a minor one, but I am paraphrasing it here because I think it sheds great light on provincial Iraqi affairs about which those of us here in the West hear only rarely.
- And so we paraphrased Trotsky rather than quoting him directly.
- ‘Friendship perhaps is not necessary for survival,’ I paraphrased one of his famous quotes.
- ‘One believer to another is like one body,’ he said, noting that he was paraphrasing a saying of the prophet Mohammed.
- It's almost a situation where too much is done in advance to hide the fact that the king, paraphrasing the well-known children's fairy tale, is wearing no clothes.
- The quote attributed to the person is paraphrased but contains more detail than the account in the first statement.
- Absolutely, and in hindsight, perhaps I wish I'd just paraphrased it, not used quotes.
- Typically, those are paraphrased into something we can understand, but this epithet, which is arguably worse in motive than those, gets printed.
Synonyms reword, rephrase, put/express in other words, put/express in one's own words, express differently, rewrite, rescript, restate, rehash, interpret, gloss
noun ˈparəfreɪzˈpɛrəˌfreɪz A rewording of something written or spoken. 转述，释义 scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian mass noun it is characteristic of poetic metaphors that they are not susceptible to paraphrase Example sentencesExamples - It was that old newspaper trick of using single inverted commas, safe in the knowledge that most readers wouldn't know this meant it was a paraphrase.
- The phrases in quotations are paraphrases of Article IV of the Bill of Rights.
- As an author, I can say that there is nothing more disconcerting than to read numerous paragraphs in another book that are hauntingly similar paraphrases of one's own work.
- The following is not a transcript, but a paraphrase of statements and positions.
- Below is a bitty paraphrase of a section of the lecture, a section concerning Derrida.
- This is a paraphrase, but it does convey the flavour.
- The apparatus gives readings from several editions, the note gives clear paraphrases of the two originals, and a two-page long note reviews reasoning and approaches by all the major editors.
- In fact, many are direct paraphrases of the Psalms and other important Scripture texts.
- But of course you can't include URLs in wire stories - it's just not done, and, after all, why would readers want to see actual data when they can read general paraphrases?
- All the way through there are phrases, paraphrases and constructions that strike me as unoriginal.
- Some anthems have texts in verse - for example psalm paraphrases or hymns, or even original poems - though none of these were termed ‘anthem’ until well into the 19th century.
- In his early years as a teacher he wrote explanatory paraphrases of many of Aristotle's works, setting a pattern of exegesis which continued to be followed throughout the Middle Ages.
- The interviews were taped, transcribed, and translated: the texts should be considered as paraphrases.
- He cannot get around that by saying he wrote a paraphrase down on a piece of paper.
- That was my best paraphrase of all the CNA reports about the barrage.
- The simple paraphrases of Scripture, the fact-filled descriptions of life in first-century Palestine, and the gentle words of Jesus stirred my heart.
- In a few cases there even seem to be traces of the use of the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew text which are known as the ‘targums’.
- Indeed, Digby, bravo on mastering the art of the paraphrase in mere weeks.
- This means, in turn, that while many of his paraphrases of little known Italian texts are fascinating, his interpretations are problematic.
- I finally had to end it when his paraphrases of what I said became more and more outrageous and inaccurate.
Synonyms rewording, rephrasing, rewriting, rewrite, restatement, restating, rehash, rendition, rendering, version, interpretation, gloss rare paraphrasis
OriginMid 16th century (as a noun): via Latin from Greek paraphrasis, from paraphrazein, from para- (expressing modification) + phrazein 'tell'. Definition of paraphrase in US English: paraphraseverbˈpɛrəˌfreɪzˈperəˌfrāz [with object]Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity. 对（书面或口头材料）释义，解释（作者，说话人）的意思 you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts 你可以直接引用书上的原文，也可以转述。 Example sentencesExamples - The words were repeated and the speech was paraphrased.
- Miller committed a further offense by paraphrasing the quote and distorting Smithson's analysis.
- I'm totally paraphrasing this conversation.
- In part because the meanings of a Beethoven symphony can't be paraphrased into words, one can make purely personal, emotional use of the music.
- Printed text was paraphrased to avoid breaking the code.
- Absolutely, and in hindsight, perhaps I wish I'd just paraphrased it, not used quotes.
- Interesting though the research on driver impairment due to carrying out a mobile conversation is just paraphrasing the research sufficient work to generate an article?
- ‘One believer to another is like one body,’ he said, noting that he was paraphrasing a saying of the prophet Mohammed.
- Here the indefinite a fun and fruity wine can be paraphrased as a fun and fruity kind of wine.
- ‘Friendship perhaps is not necessary for survival,’ I paraphrased one of his famous quotes.
- This story is of course a minor one, but I am paraphrasing it here because I think it sheds great light on provincial Iraqi affairs about which those of us here in the West hear only rarely.
- Active listening involves occasionally paraphrasing ideas expressed by the person.
- The quote attributed to the person is paraphrased but contains more detail than the account in the first statement.
- The answers are paraphrased as I wrote them down as fast as I could.
- The discovery of every tale, Naipaul writes, paraphrasing Joseph Conrad, is a moral one.
- And so we paraphrased Trotsky rather than quoting him directly.
- It's a tough gig best described by paraphrasing the old joke about farming: If you want to make a small fortune free-lancing, start with a large fortune.
- Typically, those are paraphrased into something we can understand, but this epithet, which is arguably worse in motive than those, gets printed.
- I'm paraphrasing an old joke to make a point about the state of celebrity in 2002.
- It's almost a situation where too much is done in advance to hide the fact that the king, paraphrasing the well-known children's fairy tale, is wearing no clothes.
Synonyms reword, rephrase, express in other words, put in other words, express in one's own words, put in one's own words, express differently, rewrite, rescript, restate, rehash, interpret, gloss
nounˈpɛrəˌfreɪzˈperəˌfrāz A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else. 转述，释义 Example sentencesExamples - All the way through there are phrases, paraphrases and constructions that strike me as unoriginal.
- As an author, I can say that there is nothing more disconcerting than to read numerous paragraphs in another book that are hauntingly similar paraphrases of one's own work.
- Indeed, Digby, bravo on mastering the art of the paraphrase in mere weeks.
- The phrases in quotations are paraphrases of Article IV of the Bill of Rights.
- This means, in turn, that while many of his paraphrases of little known Italian texts are fascinating, his interpretations are problematic.
- It was that old newspaper trick of using single inverted commas, safe in the knowledge that most readers wouldn't know this meant it was a paraphrase.
- He cannot get around that by saying he wrote a paraphrase down on a piece of paper.
- In a few cases there even seem to be traces of the use of the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew text which are known as the ‘targums’.
- This is a paraphrase, but it does convey the flavour.
- In fact, many are direct paraphrases of the Psalms and other important Scripture texts.
- The interviews were taped, transcribed, and translated: the texts should be considered as paraphrases.
- The simple paraphrases of Scripture, the fact-filled descriptions of life in first-century Palestine, and the gentle words of Jesus stirred my heart.
- Some anthems have texts in verse - for example psalm paraphrases or hymns, or even original poems - though none of these were termed ‘anthem’ until well into the 19th century.
- The apparatus gives readings from several editions, the note gives clear paraphrases of the two originals, and a two-page long note reviews reasoning and approaches by all the major editors.
- In his early years as a teacher he wrote explanatory paraphrases of many of Aristotle's works, setting a pattern of exegesis which continued to be followed throughout the Middle Ages.
- Below is a bitty paraphrase of a section of the lecture, a section concerning Derrida.
- That was my best paraphrase of all the CNA reports about the barrage.
- I finally had to end it when his paraphrases of what I said became more and more outrageous and inaccurate.
- But of course you can't include URLs in wire stories - it's just not done, and, after all, why would readers want to see actual data when they can read general paraphrases?
- The following is not a transcript, but a paraphrase of statements and positions.
Synonyms rewording, rephrasing, rewriting, rewrite, restatement, restating, rehash, rendition, rendering, version, interpretation, gloss
OriginMid 16th century (as a noun): via Latin from Greek paraphrasis, from paraphrazein, from para- (expressing modification) + phrazein ‘tell’. |