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paraphraser

/par-uh-freyz/US // ˈpær əˌfreɪz //UK // (ˈpærəˌfreɪz) //

释义者,解释者,转述者,解说员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
    • : the act or process of restating or rewording.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    par·a·phrased, par·a·phras·ing.

    • : to render the meaning of in a paraphrase: to paraphrase a technical paper for lay readers.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    par·a·phrased, par·a·phras·ing.

    • : to make a paraphrase or paraphrases.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The paraphraser is now forced to appeal to a public intellectually lower than that he formerly addressed.

  • Mrs. Wister is an excellent example of what might more correctly be called a “paraphraser” than a “translator.”

  • Madame Tastu was also a translator, or rather a paraphraser, and an author of original poems of a sentimental kind.

  • Emerson assumes that the reader is alert and knowing; the paraphraser, that he is a little inattentive and a little dull.