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

• Her refusal is couched in carefully language.
  她小心措词表示拒绝。
• His criticism was couched in very tactful language.
  他的批评措辞很圆滑。
• The report is diplomatically couched& though from China's perspective, not nearly enough.
  这份报告措辞婉转，虽然在中国看来，一点都不婉转。
• Although it has not made any correction of the letter to the red army, its subsequent directives have not been couched in the same pessimistic tone and its views on the red army's operations now coincide with ours.
  对于红军的这一封信，虽然没有更正，但是后来的指示，就没有那些悲观的论调了，对于红军行动的主张也和我们的主张一致了。
• The woman was very good at commending: her orders were all couched in soft-toned imperative sentences.
  女人发号施令的手段很高明，使用的都是口气柔和的祈使句。
• 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。
• Hookins made a speech couched in a happy vein.
  霍金斯愉快地讲了话。
• His letter was couched in conciliatory terms.
  他那封信里使用了表示和解的言辞。
• During the civil-rights era, segregationists often couched their position as a defence of "states'rights";
  在民权时代，种族隔离主义者常常隐晦地表示，他们是在捍卫“各州的权利”；
• His reply was couched in polite terms.
  他以客气的言词回答。