paragraph
英 ['pærəgrɑːf]
美 ['pærəɡræf]
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
paragraph 段落，分段符号para-,在旁，在周围，-graph,写。即在旁边写的，写在旁边的，引申词义分段符号，段落。
- paragraph (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French paragraphe "division of text" (13c., Old French paragrafe), from Medieval Latin paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Greek paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," literally "anything written beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
- 1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question.
- 查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
- 段落的长度取决于它所传达的信息。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The second paragraph startled me even more than the first.
- 第二段比第一段更让我吃惊。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile.
- 那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The first line of each paragraph should be indented.
- 每段的第一行应缩格。
来自《权威词典》
