vt.叙述,措词(phrase的过去式与过去分词形式);
例句:
Now the way this is often phrased is people say --.
现在这时常被片语的方法是人们说 --.
I phrased my comment delicately so as not to upset her.
我的评论措辞谨慎,以免使她不安.
The moment I'd said, I could see that I'd phrased it wrong.
我一说完那句话就知道措词不对.