汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 推敲
推敲
to think over
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她的观点经不起认真推敲

Her argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.

他的论点完全经不起仔细推敲

His argument simply doesn't stand up to close scrutiny.

揣摩不出推敲不出这个句子的含义。

She managed to puzzle out the meaning of that long sentence.

这样的话她就不用费尽心机推敲它的起源问题了。

In which case she would not need to figure out where it came from.

我不能确定这一论点能否经得住推敲,但是它却很令人兴奋。

I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating.

互联网络使用者可以依据他们想要给的形象精心推敲措辞。

Internet users can carefully craft their words to fit whatever image they want to give.

感情经不起比,一比比出寒碜;感情经不起推敲,一敲碎成片段。

Not feeling than a Bibi, a shabby; feeling not withstand scrutiny, a break into fragments.

对弈的人已走,谁还在意推敲红尘之外的一盘残棋?

Game has gone, who will care about weigh and a plate of CanQi in addition to the world of mortals?

通过对累犯“三振出局”制度的理性分析,其存在的正当性根据值得推敲

With the reasonable analysis of the "three strike-outs" system for the recidivist, the present writer thinks t.

神话语丰富储存绝非仅供检视推敲,亦非仅为详读研究,而为滋养吾辈苍生。

The storehouse of God's Word was never meant for mere scrutiny, not even primarily for study but for sustenance. (Vance Havner).