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BrE disapproving鹦鹉学舌般地；盲从地；亦步亦趋地 if sb learns or repeats sth parrot-fashion , they do it without thinking about it or understanding what it means
Under the old system pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons parrot fashion.
在旧体制下，学生常常得立正站好，机械地重复课文。
If you learn English parrot-fashion , you 'll never know what English is .
如果你只是死记硬背，你将永远学不会英语。
Repeating parrot-fashion that they remain well capitalised dents confidence that government stress tests will be sufficiently taxing .
再机械地说什么它们仍然资金充足，只会削弱人们的信任，让人们难以相信政府压力测试的难度会足够大。
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