paraphrased
paraphrased — verb
1. past tense and past participle of paraphrase: said or wrote what someone else ha
past tense and past participle of paraphrase: said or wrote what someone else had said or written, but used your own words to make the meaning shorter, clearer, or easier to understand.
Lukas paraphrased the long quote from the speech into one short sentence for his classmates.
paraphrased + [original text] + into + [shorter version]
In her essay, Beatrix paraphrased two paragraphs from the report and cited the author.
academic register: paraphrased + cited the source
The news article paraphrased the minister's announcement so younger readers could follow it.
Amira paraphrased her grandmother's old letters and read them aloud at the family dinner.
The children paraphrased the story in their own words instead of copying it word-for-word.
- rephrased
near-identical; rephrased is slightly more general and can apply to a single phrase as well as a passage
- reworded
everyday register; emphasises changing the wording without necessarily shortening
- summarised
implies condensing; paraphrasing keeps the same length and detail
- quoted
reproduces the exact original words
- transcribed
writes down the original words verbatim
文法句型
paraphrased + [text/quote/statement]
be paraphrased from [source]
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('the report was paraphrased by ...') in academic and journalistic writing. Object is usually a piece of text, a quote, or a statement — not a single word.
常見錯誤
paraphrased — adjective
- paraphrasedpositive
- more paraphrasedcomparative
- most paraphrasedsuperlative
1. describing a piece of text, a quote, or an account that has been rewritten in so
describing a piece of text, a quote, or an account that has been rewritten in someone else's own words, usually to make it shorter or easier to follow rather than copying the original exactly.
Indra handed in a paraphrased version of the article along with the original for comparison.
attributive: a paraphrased version
The textbook prints a paraphrased account of the treaty next to the full historical text.
common collocation: paraphrased account
Yara prefers reading paraphrased summaries of court rulings instead of the full legal documents.
The reporter offered a paraphrased quote from the witness rather than the exact words.
- verbatim
describes text reproduced word-for-word
- direct (quote)
the original wording, not a restatement
文法句型
a paraphrased + [noun: version/account/quote]
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (attributive). Avoid using it after 'be' to describe a person; use the verb form instead ('Sofia paraphrased the article', not 'Sofia was paraphrased').