Parry
[ 'pæri ]
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vt. 挡开，避开，闪开（打击、武器）;
n. 挡开，避开，闪避;
📝 例句
Louis XVIII made but a faint attempt to parry this unexpected blow;
路易十八对这一猛烈的打击只是软弱无力地抵抗了一下。
We sought to parry the charateristic Soviet lunge with fancy footwork.
我们以花式步法力图避开典型的苏联冲刺。
The question was a quick, shrewd parry.
这句问话是一种穷急智生的狡猾的遁辞词。
parry a sword
挡开剑
parry a question
避不作答
🌱 联想助记
【串】hurry(赶紧)parry(避开),以免被harry(掠夺)
【记】※ party-社交聚会,parry-挡开:社交聚会被秘书挡开了
※ par-谐音“怕”,ry-拼音“人妖”:害怕人妖所以躲避
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
parry
v
(pt, pp parried) [Tn]
1 turn aside or ward off (a blow or an attack) by using one's own weapon or one's hand to block it （用手中武器或徒手）格开, 挡开（打击）. =>illus at fencing (fence) 见fencing插图.
2 (fig 比喻) avoid having to answer (sth) 对（某事）避而不答, 支吾搪塞
parry an awkward question 回避一令人尴尬的问题. parry, n act of parrying, esp in fencing and boxing 挡开, 闪避（尤指击剑和拳击中）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pæri]vt. 挡开, 回避, 闪避的回答n. 挡开, 回避, 闪避的回答
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Don't worry, Richard.
别担心， Richard。
He sketched his own part in the affair.
他概述了自己在此事中的作用。
When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。