英语词汇“for want of a better word/phrase etc”的意思、释义、用法及双语翻译-时代网

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词汇	for want of a better word/phrase etc
释义	for want of a better word/phrase etc for want of a better word/phrase etc used to say that you cannot find an exact word or phrase to describe something 没有更贴切的词语/短语等〔用于表示找不到确切的说法来形容某事物〕 They should behave, for want of a better word, decently. 他们应该表现得，怎么说呢，得体些吧。 Examples from the Corpus for want of a better word/phrase etc• Just horses and ploughs and, for want of a better word, peasants.• Now, hands are, well, handed for want of a better word. → for want of a better word/phrase etc at want2(2)
随便看	catch somebody on the hop catch somebody on the raw catch somebody out catch somebody red-handed catch somebody's catch somebody's attention catch somebody's attention/interest/imagination etc catch somebody's eye catch somebody's imagination catch somebody's interest catch somebody unawares catch somebody with pants down catch somebody with their pants down catch somebody with their pants/trousers down catch somebody with their trousers down catch somebody with trousers down catch some few rays catch some Z's catch/take somebody off-guard catch the sun catch/throw somebody off-balance catch/throw somebody off balance catch/throw somebody off guard catch/touch somebody on the raw catch unawares 外屋外展神经外币外带外延外引外强中干外形外役外径外待外心外快外患外感外感内伤外战外戚外户不闭外手外扬外找儿外捞儿外排外接圆

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