汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 字眼
字眼
wording
诗文中精要关键的字或词。 泛指语句中的字或词。
yǎn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“营销”成了该公司的禁忌字眼

Marketing became a dirty word at the company.

那是我从来不用的字眼

That's a word I never use.

这个字眼有没有烦恼,没有需求,最重要的是它很乐于当一个小字眼

The word had no worries, no needs and most of all it was quite happy being a small word.

在这里,赢利不是一个犯忌的字眼

Profit is not a dirty word around here.

崇高的字眼从来就是命运的人质。

LOFTY words are always a hostage to fortune.

这个时候,小字眼还在囚笼里默默地流泪。

Meanwhile, the word slept in it's cage, shedding only silent tears.

这些字眼我们今年经常在头版头条上见到。

We have seen those words in the headlines too often this year.

有一天,有人经过囚笼,发现小字眼不在了。

One day, someone passed the cage and noticed that the word wasn't there anymore.

古人有一个美丽的字眼,至少希腊文有这么一个美丽的字眼,送给寻道者,追寻最优政体知识的欲望。

The ancients had a beautiful word or at least the Greeks had a beautiful word for this quest for this desire for knowledge of the best regime.

“改变”这一字眼常常勾起人们许多不同的感觉。

The word change can conjure up many different feelings.