phrased

英 [freɪzd]

美 [freɪzd]

v. (以某种方式)表达，措辞，推敲; 划分乐句，分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱)
phrase的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
Aphraseis a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it.
1. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
  他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。”
2. ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
  意思是“完全失败”的美国习语 laying an egg
N-COUNT 词组；短语
Aphraseis a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
1. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
  不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
VERB 用语言表达；叙述
If youphrasesomething in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
1. I would have phrased it quite differently...
  我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
2. The speech was carefully phrased...
  该演讲措词严谨。
3. They phrased it as a question.
  他们用提问的方式来表述它。
罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。 → see:Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.

I would have phrased it quite differently
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
The notice is most unfortunately phrased.
这份通知用语很不得当。
The last paragraph is ambiguously phrased.
最后一段表达得不明确。
They've asked people a question and then phrased it in two different ways.
他们询问人们同样的问题，并且将该问题按照两种不同方式提问。
Many requests for a customer to check something can be phrased this way.
很多要求客户进行某些检查的动作都可以用这种方式表达。
This year the overall theme is the power of collaborative innovation, which is typical of Davos in being so broadly phrased that it can be interpreted to mean almost anything.
今年的总体主题是合作创新的力量。这种宽泛的措辞正是达沃斯的典型特征，人们几乎能从任何角度来理解这个话题。
On just these questions, although you have phrased them a bit more narrowly.
从仅仅这些问题上，即使你们措辞问题都倾向于狭义。
They phrased it as a question.
他们用提问的方式来表述它。
I realize I phrased it badly and I should have been more tactful.
我意识到自己讲法不当，我本该圆滑些。
As Lewis Carroll's Alice might have phrased it," You're nothing but a pack of neurons. "
正如刘易斯·卡罗尔，在《爱丽斯》中所描述的，“你不过是一堆神经元罢了”