The phrasing of the question made it difficult to answer.
这个问题的措辞让人难以回答。
She spent hours adjusting the phrasing of her resignation letter to strike the right tone between professionalism and honesty.
她花了好几个小时调整辞职信的措辞,力求在专业与真诚之间找到恰当的语气。
在 William Strunk Jr. 和 E.B. White 的写作经典《The Elements of Style》中,phrasing 被反复讨论,强调精确措辞对清晰写作的重要性。
在 George Orwell 的散文《Politics and the English Language》(1946)中,Orwell 批判了政治语言中含糊的 phrasing,指出模糊措辞常被用来掩盖真相。
在 Mark Twain 的作品与书信中,他曾写道:"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is… the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."——这正体现了他对 phrasing 精准性的极度重视。