sentence，[自] statement ；

[例句] 闲谈中夹有这些充满明智的语句. Among the yatter there are these sentences of wisdom.

[例句] 他注视著那些语句,茫然不解. He stared at the words in complete puzzlement.

sentence ；

[例句] 你们要做的就是调换单词的位置以使句子意义通顺。 Your task is to interchange words so that the sentence makes sense.

[例句] 我们已经学会了如何把重要的信息压缩成简短独立的句子。 We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short, self-contained sentences.

（字句） words and phrases，expressions ；

[例句] 我们从原稿中删去某些不必要的词句. We edited out some unnecessary words or sentences from the draft.

[例句] 他爱用夸大的词句. He is fond of using high - sounding phrases.

[语] clause，sub-clause ；

[例句] 句子可以分成分句, 分句能分成短语. Sentences can be broken up into clauses, and clauses can be divided into phrases.

[例句] 这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句. She will phrase fugue of Bach's in these days.

aphorism，epigram，apothegm，mot，quirk ；

[例句] 那位老学者的文章里总是有很多名言警句. The old scholar's writing is always full of tags.

[例句] 他不断追求漂亮警句的手法则很容易使人厌倦. His ceaseless straining after brilliant epigrams quickly becomes irritating.

[语] subordinate clause ；

[例句] 关系代词和关系副词引导定语从句. Relative pronouns and adverbs introduce attributive clauses.

[例句] 请用线画出短文中的名词性从句. Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.

couplet，distich ；

[例句] 用押韵对句写成的诗 a poem written in rhyming couplets

[例句] 我仍然要写押韵对句的道德故事. I will continue to write moral stories rhymed couplets.

question ；

[例句] 英语中有些疑问句使用升调。 In English, some questions have a rising intonation.

[例句] 疑问句是以升调说出来的. Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.

[语] reiterative sentence，refrain ；

[例句] 他们齐声合唱叠句. They all sang the refrain.

[例句] 多采用叠词 、 叠句和特定的语言. Devices commonly used in ballads are the refrain, incremental repetition, and code language.

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[例句] 他们就是不断重复同样几名简单的短乐句. They just go on repeating the same few simple phrases.

[例句] 装饰乐句,花式吹奏:一段炫耀或讲究仪式的音乐, 例如小号曲. Music A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.

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[例句] 这是个主题句. This is a topic sentence.

[例句] 主题句下都画了红杠. Red lines were drawn under the topic sentences.

a poem made up of lines from various poets，cento ；

[例句] 宋词的创作, 在按谱填词的前提下,经过词人的探索, 产生了和韵、集句 、 隐括等创作方法. After the exploration of many poets , some creating methods appeared, like rhyming, merging and adapting.

a conditional (clause)；

[例句] 解析:本句可用表示与现在事实相反的虚拟条件句来表达. If he had a permit, he might get the job.

[例句] (真实条件句)如果他昨天到达这里, 他也许去帮助他们. If he arrived here yesterday, he might go to help them.

verse，line，stave ；

macrostatement ；

matrixsentence ；

[计] microstatement ；

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