turn of phrase

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  • Web措辞；之交的词组；某人特有的用语

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1.
As a writer, Mr Montefiore has an elegant turn of phrase and an unerring ear for the anecdote that will cut to the heart of a story.
作为一名作家，蒙蒂菲奥里先生措辞优雅，并能准确地运用趣闻轶事切入叙事中心。
zuò wéi yī míng zuò jiā , méng dì fēi ào lǐ xiān sheng cuò cí yōu yǎ , bìng néng zhǔn què de yùn yòng qù wén yì shì qiē rù xù shì zhōng xīn 。
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2.
It is a curious turn of phrase from a scholar whose own predictions can be faulted for displaying such a mechanical interpretation.
这真是一种奇怪的说法，因为人们也可以指责这位学者自己的预测同样犯了机械解读的错误。
zhè zhēn shì yī zhǒng qí guài de shuō fǎ , yīn wèi rén men yě kě yǐ zhǐ zé zhè wèi xué zhě zì jǐ de yù cè tóng yàng fàn le jī xiè jiě dú de cuò wù 。
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3.
Clearly, the governor keeps his love for a Chinese turn of phrase separate from his monetary policy.
这位印度央行行长显然将对中国俗语的热爱与自己的货币政策区分开来。
zhè wèi yìn dù yāng háng háng zhǎng xiǎn rán jiāng duì zhōng guó sú yǔ de rè ài yǔ zì jǐ de huò bì zhèng cè qū fēn kāi lái 。
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4.
"It is a matter of waft rather than word-choice, " he tells us, with a characteristically musical turn of phrase.
他告诉我们，带着一种表示特性的短语的音乐变化，“那只关乎虚无，而不是单词选择”。
tā gào su wǒ men , dài zhe yī zhǒng biǎo shì tè xìng de duǎn yǔ de yīn yuè biàn huà , " nà zhī guān hū xū wú , ér bú shì dān cí xuǎn zé " 。
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5.
Separately, Paul Collier, an economist with a populist turn of phrase, calls such banks "pimps" .
具有平民论调的经济学家PaulCollier分别把这些银行称作“皮条客”。
jù yǒu píng mín lùn diào de jīng jì xué jiā PaulCollier fēn bié bǎ zhè xiē yín háng chēng zuò " pí tiáo kè " 。
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6.
Whey don't you ask Hal to help you write the application? He usually has a good turn of phrase.
你为什么不请哈尔帮助你写申请书呢？通常他有很好的措词才能。
nǐ wèi shén me bù qǐng hā ěr bāng zhù nǐ xiě shēn qǐng shū ne ? tōng cháng tā yǒu hěn hǎo de cuò cí cái néng 。
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7.
my mother cried, and it struck me then, as it still does now, as a marvelous turn of phrase.
妈妈哭喊着，而我为此感到惊讶，直到现在还是这样。
mā mā kū hǎn zhe , ér wǒ wèi cǐ gǎn dào jīng yà , zhí dào xiàn zài hái shì zhè yàng 。
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8.
a happy turn of phrase; a few well-chosen words; a felicitous comment.
恰当的措辞；一些适当的词语；恰当的评论。
qià dàng de cuò cí ; yì xiē shì dàng de cí yǔ ; qià dàng de píng lùn 。
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9.
This gives rise to trends or, in a less charitable turn of phrase, herd mentality.
这就产生了流行趋势，或者以一个不太入耳的词称之——群体心态。
zhè jiù chǎn shēng le liú xíng qū shì , huò zhě yǐ yī gè bù tài rù ěr de cí chēng zhī — — qún tǐ xīn tài 。
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10.
defused the hostility with a deft turn of phrase.
用巧妙的措辞去除了敌意。
yòng qiǎo miào de cuò cí qù chú le dí yì 。
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