他对自己的刻薄言辞感到后悔。

He regretted his harsh words.

《牛津词典》

他激烈的竞选言辞使反对党数月保持警觉。

His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

她以气愤的言辞掩盖自己的真实感情。

Her angry words were camouflage for the way she felt.

《牛津词典》

These are unquestionably strong words, and I think it's impossible for us to overestimate the weight of these words.

毫无疑问，这些言辞非常激烈，我觉得,怎么高估它们的分量都不过分。

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So we're not having you sign the release forms Two things, one thing is personally, I have to remind myself not to use profanity 'Cause children maybe watching.

所以没有让各位签署授权协议,两点需要说明,第一,就我而言,我会尽量注意自己的言辞,因为可能会有孩子观看

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There is for Hobbes, as for Thrasymachus, no higher court of appeal than the will or the word of the sovereign, no transcendent law, no divine law, no source of authority outside sovereign command.

对霍布斯和特拉西马库斯而言，根本不存在能高过君主意愿,和言辞的上诉法院，更没有什么卓绝或是神圣的法律,以及其他权力是可以高于君主的命令的。

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