couched
vt. 表达(couch的过去式与过去分词形式)
A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...
新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
It's couched in such very user-unfriendly terminology.
文中使用了令用户敬而远之的术语。
He couched his request in very polite terms.
他以非常礼貌的言词表达了自己的要求.
The reply was couched in insolent terms.
回答措词蛮横.
This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
Hookins made a speech couched in a happy vein.
霍金斯愉快地讲了话.