Even the Assistant Secretary of State had to admit that previous policy did not, in his words, produce results.

就连这位国务卿助理也不得不承认以前的政策, 用他本人的话说, 没有产生效果。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The key to former Treasury Secretary Rubin's success may have been that he fully understood that business and government are, in his words, "necessarily and properly very different."

前财政部长鲁宾成功的关键可能是他充分理解企业和政府，用他的话来说，这两者“必然和恰当地非常不同”。

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There's always a sting in his words.

他说话总带刺儿。

《新英汉大辞典》

He says the earlier study gained so much recognition, it became -- in his words "fixed in many people's minds as true."

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And then for some reason, that nobody understands, 16/15 he decided to multiply again by 16/15, and that's how we get 32 for freezing of water and 96 in his words for the temperature in the mouth or underneath armpit of a living man in good health.

然后，因为同样的原因，没人搞得明白，他决定再乘以，现在水的冰点变成了32度,而96度，拿他的话来说,是健康状况良好的人,口腔或腋窝的温度。

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The wonder of Frost is really in his tone, his way of saying things without saying them in so many words.

弗罗斯特的疑问存在于他的语调，他用极少的词语来叙述。

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" In his words, to make Europe's airlines more competitive, government needs "to back off.

CNN: Europe's airline industry on 'knife edge,' says IATA boss

He received a burn on his neck when, in his words, the battery "exploded".

BBC: Boeing 787 Dreamliner: NTSB details battery fire

Mr Colom is fully aware that organised crime is rampant, and in his words, "lynching the country".

BBC: Guatemala's new President, Alvaro Colom, 5 November 2007