read between the lines
/ˌriːd bɪˌtwiːn ðə ˈlaɪnz/NEUTRAL · C2
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弦外之音
字面意思: «读行与行之间»
含义
to understand what someone means but does not say
领会没有明说的意思.
例句
- 1Her email sounded polite, but reading between the lines, I think she's quite upset.
- 2If you read between the lines, the company is clearly planning to close the shop.
- 3He never said he was unhappy at work, but I could read between the lines when he started updating his CV.
- 4The review only described the food as interesting, so we read between the lines and ate somewhere else.
- 5Why can't Anna just say what she means? I'm tired of having to read between the lines.
语法
只有 read 变化形式:reads、reading,过去式 read 读作 /red/。lines 保持复数。
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