【GRE核心词汇】001 PARAPHRASE 解释释义

Word one: paraphrase, p-a-r-a-p-h-r-a-s-e, to restate, put what someone else has expressed into different words.The noun a paraphrase is a restatement of a text or passage to give the sense of the original in fuller terms. The verb to paraphrase means to restate something, giving the meaning in another form. To quote and to paraphrase are sharply distinguished. To quote is to use or repeat the words of someone else, giving acknowledgment to the source. To paraphrase is to restate in different words what someone else has said or written.