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BNC: 398 COCA: 568
describe
dɪskraɪb dɪˈskraɪb dɪˈskraɪb
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense describes, present participle describing, past tense , past participle described
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. 描述;描写;形容;叙述

  • We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time. [VERB wh]

    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. [VERB wh]

    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. [VERB noun]

    她读了一首卡弗描写他们共同生活的诗。

  • The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work. [VERB noun]

    有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。

  • Just before his death he described seeing their son in a beautiful garden. [VERB verb-ing]

    就在临终前他说看到他们的儿子在一个美丽的花园里。

SYN relate, tell, report, present
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. 把…说成;把…称为;认为

  • He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale. [VERB noun + as]

    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'. [VERB noun as noun]

    埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。

  • Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman. [VERB noun as noun]

    安德鲁说她是一个瘦骨嶙峋、男人模样的大块头女人。

  • Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive and determined.

    即使他最亲密的盟友也认为他强硬决断、咄咄逼人，不达目的誓不罢休。

  • He described the meeting as marking a new stage in the peace process. [VERB noun + as]

    他称这次会议标志着和平进程进入了一个新阶段。

SYN portray, depict, characterize, call
3 VERB [no passive] 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. 描画，画出(图形);形成…的形状 [formal]

  • His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky. [VERB noun]

    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。

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BNC: 398 COCA: 568
describe

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ADVERB | VERB + DESCRIBE ADVERB➤accurately, exactly, in detail準確地描述；精確地敍述；詳細地描寫◇Their daily lives are described in detail.他們的日常生活得到詳細的描述。➤aptly, well描寫得恰到好處／很出色▸➤clearly, simply清楚地／簡單地描述▸➤fully完整地描述◇This process is fully described in section three of the book.這本書第三部份完整地描述了這一過程。➤adequately充分地描述▸➤briefly簡要地描述◇He described briefly what happened.他簡要地描述了事情的經過。➤vividly生動地描述▸➤variously以各種不同的方式描述◇The shirt was variously described as 'pink', 'salmon' and 'rose'.這件襯衫的顏色有不同的說法，有的說是粉紅色，有的說是淺橙色，還有的說是玫瑰紅。VERB + DESCRIBE➤cannot不能描述◇Words cannot describe our feelings at that moment.我們當時的感覺無法用言語描述出來。➤be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以描述；不可能描述▸➤go on to轉而敍述◇He goes on to describe vividly how Lincoln was assassinated.他轉而用生動的語言描述了林肯是如何被暗殺的。
BNC: 398 COCA: 568
describe
To describe or define something: describe, define, illustrate...
To categorize things: sort, classify, characterize...
To change the shape of something: shape, reshape, form...

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