英语词源
- metaphrastic (adj.)
- 1778, from Greek metaphrastikos "paraphrastic," from metaphrasis "paraphrase," from metaphrazein "to paraphrase, translate," from meta- (see meta-) + phrazein "to show, tell" (see phrase (n.)). Related: metaphrastically (1570s).
权威例句
- 1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
- 约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。
- 2. Most finite verbal forms diachronically derive from nominalizations and periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs.
- 副词,后置词几乎完全都有名词性的,形容词性的或动词性的起源.