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Wiktionary英語版
出典：Wiktionary
make a statement
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/11/02 20:40 UTC 版)
動詞
make a statement (third-person singular simple present makes a statement, present participle making a statement, simple past and past participle made a statement)
- (idiomatic) To implicitly communicate an idea, often through one's fashion choices.
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2001 April, David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage”, in Harper's Magazine:
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As we sometimes also say about elements of fashion and etiquette, the way you use English "Makes a Statement" or "Sends a Message" — even though these Statements/Messages often have nothing to do with the actual information you're trying to transmit.
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, a, statement.
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His attorney is expected to make a statement tomorrow.
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Further reading
- “make a statement”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “make a statement”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Wiktionary
- Text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) and/or GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
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