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词汇 example_english_short-phrase
释义

short phrase

collocation in English

meanings of shortand phrase


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short
adjective
uk /ʃɔːt/ us /ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk /freɪz/ us /freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Examples of short phrase


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Effort was taken to develop a shortphrase that would concisely describe the questions that were grouped together by the factor analysis.
Level 1 is the precise answer (typically a name or a shortphrase).
The vocabulary test consisted of 45 multiple-choice questions in each of which a shortphrase or sentence with an underlined target word and five choices was given.
The law as it stands at the moment—to put a shortphrase on it—is cumbrous and difficult to apply.
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That would take such overseas students—using a shortphrase—out of having to pay the community charge.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There has, however, been a policy of quite another kind, which may be summed up in one shortphrase.
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I should like to quote one other shortphrase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He encapsulated it all in a shortphrase.
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However, as a matter of draftsmanship it is a neater device to use a shortphrase like "in need" and expand it.
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That shortphrase of three words contains a very large part of the solution to one of the most difficult problems: the problem of the refugees.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This description is in the form of a shortphrase that elaborates on the item and provides specificity to the clinician regarding the appropriate evaluation.
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A cello then adds a shortphrase to reflect vague outlines of shapes as the illumination of the landscape begins.
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Some casters like to say a shortphrase when summoning their guardians (most notably the defenders).
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The priest introduces it with a shortphrase and follows it up with a prayer called the embolism and the people respond with the doxology.
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Each year, the campaign is promoted with a theme in the form of a shortphrase.
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A state motto is used to describe the intent or motivation of the state in a shortphrase.
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A common practice is to take a shortphrase from a speech and loop it repeatedly over background music, usually generic electronic music.
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Each segment is labeled with a code usually a word or shortphrase that suggests how the associated data segments inform the research objectives.
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One was a custom theme for the show's opening and close (with a shortphrase to introduce each contestant).
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The speaker says a shortphrase, part of a speech, and then pauses.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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