【expression音标】 英[ɪkˈspreʃn] 美[ɪkˈspreʃn]
【单词释义】 expression是什么意思:
n.表达,表现,表示;表情,脸色,态度,腔调,声调;[数]式,符号;词句,语句,措辞,说法
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] expressions
【关联词/派生词】
express vt.表达;表示 n.快车;快递服务
expressly adv.明显地;明确地;特别地;特意地
expressive adj. 富于表情的;有表现力的;表现的,表达的
【expression形近词/近似词】
depression n.抑郁症;精神忧郁;抑郁;萎靡不振
impression n.印象,感觉;影响
compression n.压缩,压紧,浓缩,紧缩;加压
progression n.发展,进展;(事件的)连续;系列;序列;级数
aggression n.[U]好斗性,攻击性;[C]侵犯;侵略;挑衅
repression n.压抑;约束;抑制,镇压
regression n.后退,倒退;回归
digression n.离题;脱轨
【单词例句】
◇ In general, spoken statements are the major way of communication, but body language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function.
通常说来,口头表达是人们交流的主要方法,但是肢体语言和面部表情也有这种功能。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ But actually, these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary.
但是实际上,这些英语在口音、拼写、表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ In the centuries since, crying crocodiles have become a metaphor for superficial remorse. The expression has been used as a fable to teach sincere repentance, by Shakespeare to convey false grief, and, more recently, by media mocking tearful politicians or murder suspects.
从那以后的数个世纪以来,哭泣的鳄鱼便被用来比喻虚伪的悔恨。这个表达曾作为寓言用来告诫人们要真心悔悟,也曾被莎士比亚用来指代假意的悲伤,到了现代,则被媒体用于嘲讽流泪的政客或谋杀嫌疑犯。