1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase (n.)).
paraphrase (v.)
c. 1600, from paraphrase (n.) or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
雙語例句
1. Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
菲利普·拉金的意思是：父母可能會嚴重損害你的健康。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The following is a paraphrase of what was said.
下麵是對剛才說過的話的闡釋。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.
先試解釋一下問題再作回答。
來自《權威詞典》
4. She gave us a paraphrase of that film.
她向我們複述了那部電影.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose in vernacular language.