couched

英 [kaʊtʃt]

美 [kaʊtʃt]

v.  (用某种文体或方式)表达，措辞
couch的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 长沙发;长榻
  Acouchis a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
• (病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
  Acouchis a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
• VERB (以某种语言风格)表达，措词
  If a statementis couched ina particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
  1. The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...
     新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
  2. This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
     这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。

双语例句

• His letter was couched in conciliatory terms. The police report was filled with weasel words.
  他那封信里使用了表示和解的言辞.警察的报告书里充满推托之辞。
• Qixi and hundreds of other Chinese love stories from the ancient times have couched in euphemism and restrained expression_rs.
  七夕和数以百计的其它的中国爱情故事却蕴涵着委婉与含蓄的表达方式。
• Her refusal is couched in carefully language.
  她小心措词表示拒绝。
• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
  这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• His criticism was couched in very tactful language.
  他的批评措辞很圆滑。
• Even when couched in diplomatic terms, these reveal differences of policy and, more deeply, of national cultures.
  尽管使用了外交辞令，这些指责还是暴露了政策上的差异，以及更深层次的国家文化的差异。
• The reply was couched in somewhat unbusinesslike terms. a not felicitously chosen word.
  回信的措词有些不合商业常规。一个用得不恰当的词。
• This decision is couched in this forms.
  该决议以这种形式表达。
• They couched criticisms in factual language.
  他们用事实的语言表达了批评。
• The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms
  新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。