at a word, in a word
这两个短语意思不同:at a word的意思是“一口气”“立刻”,用来加强谓语的语气; in a word的意思是“一句话”“总而言之”,用来总结全部意见,常放在句首。
in a word, in word
这两个短语意思不同:in word的意思是“口头上”“表面上”, in a word是“总而言之”的意思。
下面两个句子的意思不同:
He was at a loss for word.
他一时找不到一个合适的词。
He was at a loss for words.
他不知如何表达。
word，vocabulary，language，term，lexicon
这些名词均有“文字，词，语言”之意。
word普通用词，指语言的最小单位的单词、字，也可指话、整句话或一段话。
vocabulary集合名词，指词汇、语汇或词汇量。
language普通用词，指国家、民族或种族内部使用，已经系统化的语言。
term指专业术语。
lexicon指某种语言、某人或某一知识领域的全部词汇。
The sentence is so ambiguously worded that it admits of two interpretations.
这个句子用词含糊,以致有两种解释的可能.
辞典例句
To relieve Bill, we worded a letter to Mr. Dorset.
为了使比尔放心, 我们给道塞特先生写一封信.
辞典例句
If I had written the letter, I might have worded it differently.
如果换作我写这封信，我或许会用不同的措辞。
柯林斯例句
We received a delicately worded refusal of our invitation.
我们收到一封婉言谢绝我们邀请的复函.
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His refusal was worded in such a graceful way that we could not be offended.
他婉言谢绝,无损于我们的颜面.
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The indictment was incorrectly worded.
刑事诉状的措辞不正确.
口语例句
An appeal so worded could not be set aside without a grave responsibility.
这呼吁如此措词,使我感到责任重大,不易置之不理.
辞典例句
The suggestion might be worded more politely.
那项建议的措辞可以更婉转些.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He worded It'so that it might not cause any misunderstanding.
他措词很小心,以免引起误解.
辞典例句
The whole point was to made us less inhibited , and in my case it certainly worded.
主要的目的是要我们不要太怕事畏缩, 这对我来说非常有效.
辞典例句
When differently worded , the sentence takes on an entirely different meaning.
措词不同时, 句子具有完全不同的意思.
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Often, well - worded speech can dramatize the situation far better.
一篇动听的演说词往往更加能引起人们对形势的注意.
辞典例句
She followed with a torrent of harshly worded instructions.
接着她下了一连串言语粗暴的指令.
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He worded his idea clearly.
他把他的思想表达得很清楚.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The advice wasn't very tactfully worded.
这份通知措辞不太得体.
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