• n. 释义；改述；演释曲
• vt. 改述
• vi. 释义；意译

para-,在旁，在周围，-phrase,说，告知，词源同phrase,phrasebook.引申词义解释，音译。

paraphrase (n.)

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.

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.

把这篇古文译成白话文。

来自辞典例句