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.
双语例句
1. Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
菲利普·拉金的意思是：父母可能会严重损害你的健康。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The following is a paraphrase of what was said.
下面是对刚才说过的话的阐释。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.
先试解释一下问题再作回答。
来自《权威词典》
4. She gave us a paraphrase of that film.
她向我们复述了那部电影.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose in vernacular language.