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describe

[英] [disˈkraib] [美] [dɪˈskraɪb] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 描述;描写;形容;叙述 If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened. 
  • We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time...

    我们请她描述一下她业余时间都在做什么。

  • She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test...

    她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。

  • She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together...

    她读了一首卡弗描写他们共同生活的诗。

2. VERB 把…说成;把…称为;认为 If a person describes someone or something as a particular thing, he or she believes that they are that thing and says so. 
  • He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale...

    他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。

  • Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'...

    埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。

  • Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman...

    安德鲁说她是一个瘦骨嶙峋、男人模样的大块头女人。

3. VERB 描画,画出(图形);形成…的形状 If something describes a particular shape, it forms that shape or makes a movement that follows the line of that shape. 
  • His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.

    他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。

Usage Note :

When you use describe with an indirect object, you must put to in front of the indirect object. He later described to me what he had found... Could you describe the man to the police? You do not say, for example, 'He described me what he had found'.

describe 接间接宾语时,间接宾语前必须加 to:He later described to me what he had found (他后来向我描述了他所发现的东西),Could you describe the man to the police (你能向警察形容一下那人的模样吗)。不要说 He described me what he had found。

Verb

1. give a description of;

  • "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

2. to give an account or representation of in words;

  • "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

3. identify as in botany or biology, for example

4. make a mark or lines on a surface;

  • "draw a line"
  • "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

法律

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  • 2.沿运行
1. Briefly describe the product, but do not give any technical details at this stage.
简述一下产品情况,但在目前阶段不要提供任何技术细节。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Can you describe it to me?
你能把它描述给我听吗?

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Can you describe what you saw to [for] me?
你能将你看见的东西描述给我听吗?

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Can you describe your son?
你能描述一下你儿子吗?

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
我不愿说他真的聪明。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

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7. It is very difficult to describe my joy in words.
我的快乐难以用语言来形容。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. No words can describe the scene.
任何言词均不能描绘那景色。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9. Satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
讽刺是一项孤独而又内省的工作,因为没有人未经一番具有非常耐性的自我检讨而能够逼真地刻画一个傻瓜的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. She tried herself to describe what she remembered.
她尽量说出她记得的情况。

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11. Some patients don't refer to the discomfort of angina as an ache;rather they describe it as sudden sharp pains.
有些病人不把心绞痛叫做钝痛,而说成阵阵剧痛。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
英语中有句俗语生动地描绘了这种情景。

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13. The writer used the image of corn silk to describe the girl's hair.
作者用玉米须来比喻那女孩的头发。

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14. Who'd like to describe what happened just now?
谁来描述一下刚才所发生的情形?

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15. Words can hardly describe how excited we were.
我们激动的心情难以用笔墨来形容。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.
语言难以描述出这景色的幽美。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》