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Meaning of 断章取义

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断 duàn 章 zhāng 取 qǔ 义 yì (Trad.: 斷章取義)
to quote out of context (idiom)
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1
这几句断章取义的话好像很伤他的心
。
His heart bled over certain phrases taken out of context.
2
费拉罗说
:
“
我的讲话被断章取义
。
奥巴马的竞选班子歪曲我的话
,
说我的话是种族主义
。
"My comments have been taken so out of context and have been spun by the Obama campaign as racist, that you know, it is doing precisely what they do not want done, " she said.
3
他们说马克指导巡防队员杀死偷猎者的话属于断章取义
。
They say that Mark' s instruction to scouts to kill poachers was taken out of context.
4
当然
,
警察和抗议者都可以抱怨被展示的影像片段是断章取义
。
Of course, both police and protesters can complain about footage being shown out of context.
5
如果断章取义
,
胡乱比较
,
就不乏自相矛盾
,
尤其适合
,
乱写的文章比较
。
if we take single passages torn from their context and compare them with one another contradictions are not likely to be lacking especially a work that is written with any freedom of expression.