| 词汇 | parroted |
| 释义 | parroted past simple and past participle ofparrot parrot verb[ T ] disapprovinguk /ˈpær.ət/ us /ˈper.ət/ to repeat exactly what someone else says, without understanding it or thinking about its meaning: 鹦鹉学舌般地复述，机械地复述 She doesn't have an original thought in her head - she just parrots anything that Sara says.她脑子里没有什么自己的见解，她只会机械地重复萨拉所说的每句话。 Saying again din something into someone drill drill someone in something drill something into someone drum drum something into someone hammer iterate labour labour the pointidiom reaffirm rehash reiteration relay repetitively rephrase restate restatement retell retread Examples of parrotedparroted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. By using such a parroted form of words, she manifests her distance, her fundamental homelessness in relation to what is happening around her. They found a language that could be easily understood, and, indeed parroted at the popular level : ideology. Second, to the extent that the compilers were following judicial pronouncements, they parroted ill-phrased definitions: they were just following the precedent of judges who were less than adept at defining. He has insinuated the unsubstantiated figure into the minds of sympathetic journalists who, naturally enough, parroted it in last week's papers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like so many members of his party, he just shouts out parroted comments while not understanding what he is talking about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past, those on the right parroted the mantra, "management's right to manage". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inevitably, many women assume that nothing can be done because the phrase "domestic dispute" is parroted as an incantation for inaction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A phrase parroted by everyone stated that high unemployment was inevitable and that we should adjust to it accordingly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is his first mistake, for the simple reason that he has parroted a brief which has been prepared for him for which he is not entirely responsible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from the last two speakers, everyone has simply parroted what they have read in the paper, heard on the radio or seen on the television. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The moral component is that the offender must recognise, not simply by the parroted plea of guilty, but much more fundamentally that he or she has done a deep wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many left-wing professors gave one-sided presentations of subjects, expecting their views to be parroted on papers and exams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Political leaders and newspaper media parroted allegations, impressions and cartoons for two months, mocking the immigrants waiting in the boat at sea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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