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NOUN. 名词1.?[C 可数名词] 硬币A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money. 双语例句例: a few loose coins. 几枚零钱。
PHRASE. 习语the other side of the coin 1.?另一方面You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation. 双语例句例: On the other side of the coin, there'll be tax incentives for small businesses. 另一方面,会有税收政策激励小型经营者。 1.?套用一个双关语 , 套用一句老话You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché. 双语例句例: Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella. 用个双关词,50名当地的音乐家“联合起来”(band亦有“乐队”之意)组成了“爵士乐大联盟”。
VERB. 动词1.?[T 及物动词] 创造(新词语)If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it. 双语例句例: Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development. 加隆·雷尼尔首创“虚拟现实”一词,并率先进行早期开发。 例: Simone de Beauvoir first coined the phrase `women's liberation' in her book, The Second Sex. 西蒙娜?德?波娃首次使用“妇女解放”这一短语是在她的书《第二性》中。
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