set phrase

英 [ˌset ˈfreɪz]

美 [ˌset ˈfreɪz]

n.  固定词组; 成语

牛津词典

noun

• 固定词组；成语
  a phrase that is always used in the same form
  1. Don't worry about the grammar, just learn this as a set phrase.
     别管语法，只要把这个作为固定词组来学习即可。

英英释义

noun

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  Synonym:idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomphrase

双语例句

• This set phrase now extensively denotes the disrespectful aims. This story means that a person who has a strong sense of self-respect would rather die of hunger than be despised.
  此故事讲的是一个怀有强烈自尊心的人，宁可饿死也不肯接受人轻视。现在这个成语泛指带有侮辱性的施舍。
• Chinese idiom is a kind of special, idiomatic set phrase which has complex structures and cultural connotation. It plays a very important role in Chinese learning among the foreign students.
  成语是在人们长期的生活实践中形成的一种固定词组，有着固定的结构方式和特定的文化内涵，是外国留学生学习汉语词汇和对外汉语词汇教学的难点。
• Will the miracle happen again? People often use the set phrase "staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it" to refer to persons dreaming to reap without sowing.
  人们后来就常用“守株待兔”这个成语来形容那些老梦想着不耕种就会有收获的人。
• Hence too when we set some end before us, we say that we'conclude'to do something: a phrase which implies that we were, so to speak, open and accessible to this or that determination.
  因此当我们提出一个目的在前面时，我们又说，我们决定要做某件事，我们从而首先好像把我们看成是开阔的，我们可以接受这一规定或那一规定。
• If you set up a challenge phrase previously, this system will recover your password for you.
  假如你之前设定了密码提示问题，系统会为你恢复密码。
• That's because a pair of Dutch inventors have developed a set of jeans that give a whole new meaning to the phrase laptop.
  近日，两位荷兰发明者最新发明了一款计算机牛仔裤，给膝上型轻便电脑一词赋予了新的意义。
• We should always learn a new word in the context, for example, a set phrase, a sentence, or even a paragraph or a passage, which can surely help us understand it more deeply.
  我们总是应该在上下文中（比如固定搭配、句子、段落或者短文中）学习新词汇，这样肯定能帮助我们加深理解。
• It's a common set phrase in Chinese.
  这是在汉语里常用的惯用语。
• In official documentary language, the use of set phrase has its functions, characteristics and principles.
  公文语言中成语运用有其自身的功能、特点和原则。
• The international standard of ISO/ IEC ruled a set of standards, having nothing to do with equipments the phrasing and the phrase method chemical element of the definition sketch.
  ISO/IEC国际标准规定了一套标准的，与设备无关的定义图形的语法和词法元素。