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metaphrastic是什么意思

metaphrastic

[,metə'fræstik]
  • adj. metaphrast的变形

英文词源


metaphrastic (adj.)
1778, from Greek metaphrastikos "paraphrastic," from metaphrasis "paraphrase," from metaphrazein "to paraphrase, translate," from meta- (see meta-) + phrazein "to show, tell" (see phrase (n.)). Related: metaphrastically (1570s).

双语例句


1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。

来自辞典例句

2. Most finite verbal forms diachronically derive from nominalizations and periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs.
副词,后置词几乎完全都有名词性的,形容词性的或动词性的起源.

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