Describing the choice of words in a piece of writing or speech — how it was put, rather than what it said. It almost never stands alone. It arrives with a word in front telling you what kind of wording it was: carefully worded, badly worded, strongly worded, politely worded, vaguely worded.

Describing the choice of words in a piece of writing or speech形容一段文字或言語裡選字用詞的方式——how it was put是怎麼說的，rather than what it said而不是說了什麼。 It它 almost never stands alone幾乎不會單獨出現。 It它 arrives with a word in front前面通常會有個字，telling you what kind of wording it was告訴你是哪一種措辭：carefully worded措辭謹慎、badly worded措辭不佳、strongly worded措辭強硬、politely worded措辭客氣、vaguely worded措辭含糊。

"A carefully worded reply" is one whose every word was weighed. "A strongly worded letter" is angry — one of the commonest pairings in news English, always meaning a formal complaint.

"A carefully worded reply"措辭謹慎的回覆這句話，is one whose every word was weighed指的是每個字都是經過仔細斟酌選出來的。 "A strongly worded letter"措辭強硬的信這句話 is angry是生氣的——one of the commonest pairings in news English是新聞英文裡最常見的搭配之一，always meaning a formal complaint總是指正式的投訴。

Two of these carry a quiet extra meaning worth learning. "Carefully worded" often hints that the writer was hiding something or leaving themselves an escape route, not just being careful. "Badly worded" is a kind excuse: it lets you say the sentence caused trouble without saying the person meant harm.

Two of these這裡面有兩個 carry a quiet extra meaning worth learning藏著值得學的言外之意。 "Carefully worded"措辭謹慎 often hints that the writer was hiding something常常暗示作者在隱瞞什麼，or leaving themselves an escape route或是留給自己一個退路，not just being careful而不只是單純小心。 "Badly worded"措辭不佳 is a kind excuse是個善意的藉口：it lets you say the sentence caused trouble讓你可以說這句話造成了麻煩，without saying the person meant harm卻不用說是那個人存心不良。

Worded is also simply the past of the verb "to word" — to put an idea into particular words: "I worded it differently the second time", "How shall we word the invitation?" That verb is not very common and is nearly always about a delicate message that could go wrong.

Worded這個字 is also simply the past of the verb "to word"也只是動詞to word的過去式——to put an idea into particular words意思是把想法用特定字句表達出來："I worded it differently the second time"「我第二次換了不同的說法」，"How shall we word the invitation?"「這封邀請函的措辭該怎麼寫？」That verb這個動詞 is not very common不太常見，and is nearly always about a delicate message that could go wrong幾乎都是在講可能出錯的敏感訊息。