play on words

英 美
  • vi. 说双关语(说俏皮话;耍文字游戏)
  • placage n.(建筑物的)薄饰面
  • placard n.招贴;海报;标语牌v.张贴布告;公布某事
  • placate v.抚慰;平息;和解
  • placatory adj.抚慰的;怀柔的;融洽的
  • place n.地方;地位;职位;获奖的名次v.将(某物)放置;安排;订货;寄托;辨认;获得名次
1. Don't play on words, I can't catch the meaning.
你不要玩文字游戏,我不懂。

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2. So Fourth became Forth, a nicer play on words anyway.
所以Fourth就变成Forth了反正是个不错的文字游戏。

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3. And God rested, chuckling at His own little play on words.
神安息了,对于刚才自己的一语双关,他吃吃地笑了。

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4. There are thousands of jokes which use "play on words" to amuse us.
有成千上万个笑话用双关语来逗乐我们。

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5. Pun, a commonly-used rhetorical devicc, a play on words, differs from riddle.
双关不同于谜语,前者是一种修辞方式,一种文字游戏;

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6. The India white ale beer is a play on words in itself, named Walt's White Lie.
将印度白啤酒命名为沃尔特怀特谎言本身就是一种文字游戏,因为怀特和白色的英语(课程)是同一个词。

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7. It's mirage, but its also a play on words of the "a rose by any other name..." variety.
朱生豪先生译为:“姓名本来是没有意义的;我们叫做玫瑰的这一种花,要是换了个名字,他的香味还是同样的芬芳。”如出一辙的演出。

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8. It is not only a play on words but also an effective rhetorical method which is widely used.
它不仅仅是一种文字游戏,还是一种有效的修辞方式,广泛地运用于各种文体中。

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9. Which Park: It's a play on words. I'll tell you next time I see you. It's actually pretty boring.
是一个文字游戏。下次去了见面告诉你。其实还挺无聊的。

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10. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation.
它可以是一句常言的歪曲如“你要是一开始不成功,就放弃”,或者是玩弄语言和情景。

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11. As you've probably already guessed, the name "Take In" is a clever play on words, as in take-out eaten in a restaurant.
你很可能已经猜到了,“内送”这个餐厅名字是一个诙谐双关语,它的反义词就是“外送”。

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12. I want merely to single out at this point the word "birth" and to play on words: it was the fact of living that assured his innocence.
这里,我仅仅想挑出“出生”一词,并借题发挥一下:正是活着这一事实证明了他的无辜。

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13. Pun : a figure of speech; a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
双关:一种文字游戏,有时利用同一个词的不同意思,而有时利用不同词的相近意思或发音。

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14. Artsifarsis (a clever play on the words ‘arty-farty’ and ‘Farsi’)
严肃艺术国 (Artsifarsis):巧妙利用了严肃艺术(arty-farty)和伊朗语(Farsi)

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15. If there was a match of any of the words to search for in the entire message, play the sound built based on those matches.
如果在整个消息中搜索到了任何一个与搜索条件匹配的词,则播放根据这些匹配词构建的声音。

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16. In other words, feathers were not merely a variation on a theme: They were using the same genetic instruments to play a whole new kind of music.
换句话说,羽毛不只是旋律的变化,它们是利用相同遗传乐器奏出的全新曲调。

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17. Let me conclude my speech with the words of wisdom by William Shakespeare: if music be the food of love, play on.
请容许我借用威廉·莎士比亚的智慧之词来结束我的讲话:如果音乐是爱情之美食,那就让它演奏吧。

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18. Butt I think anyone who likes to play with words should play with them on a computer.
我还是认为那些喜欢玩弄文字游戏的人应该在电脑上来摆弄它们。

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19. On classroom, sometimes the thing that they play to have nothing to do with study even, say a few words that oneself remember suddenly.
在课堂上,有时他们还要玩和学习无关的东西,说一些自己忽然想起的话。

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20. On the contrary, it is the fuzziness of words and sentences that play a positive role in communications, which makes the natural language have more flexible expressions.
语言的模糊性不但不会影响人与人的信息交流,恰恰相反,正是词和句子的模糊性在交际中起了积极作用,才使得自然语言更具有表现力。

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21. Just playing devils advocate for sake of discussion because what you say is true. It's just that what does the opposite play on your words imply?
难道因为你所说的事实就在这里进行大张旗鼓的讨论。难道美国所倡导的对立面就因为你的几句话而改变?

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22. This transition is not only the words change, as well as the transformation he insisted that "rational" and not intuitive to play more suitable for modern China based on the value.
这个转折不仅是词语的转换,也是意义的转换,即他主张是“理性”而不是直觉更适宜于担当中国现代性的价值依托。

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23. This transition is not only the words change, as well as the transformation he insisted that "rational" and not intuitive to play more suitable for modern China based on the value.
这个转折不仅是词语的转换,也是意义的转换,即他主张是“理性”而不是直觉更适宜于担当中国现代性的价值依托。

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    1. Don't play on words, I can't catch the meaning.
      你不要玩文字游戏,我不懂。
    2. Most of the comedians jokes involved a play on words.
      喜剧演员的笑话大多是一语双关。
    3. The advertising slogan was a play on words.
      那条广告口号是双关语。