1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase (n.)).
paraphrase (v.)
c. 1600, from paraphrase (n.) or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
例文
1. Parents,to paraphrase Philip Larkin,can seriously damage your health.
フィリップ?ラーキンとは、親があなたの健康をひどく損なう可能性があるという意味です。
2.The following is a paraphrase of what was said.
先ほど述べた言葉について説明します。/
3.Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.
質問を説明してから答えてみましょう。
4.She gave us a paraphrase of that film.
彼女は私たちにその映画を復唱した。
5. Paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose in vernacular language.