Reading phrases

词组───phrase

The phrase has already entered the language.───这条习语已经被纳入该语言了。

There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.───几乎再简单的话他也表达不清。

You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.───这本书用不着一字一句地抠.

That phrase has come into usage.───那个短语已为大家所惯用.

a felicitous turn of phrase───贴切的措辞

We bought a Danish phrase book.───我买了一本丹麦常用语手册。

The phrase is loaded with irony.───此语满含讽刺意味。

Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.───权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但却是真理。

The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.───这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语.

His statement was too general and should have been qualified with phrase " in most cases ".───他的话太笼统,本应加上 “ 在大多数情况下 ” 加以限制.