describe
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to say what somebody/something is like 描述；形容；把…称为 - describe somebody/something
The next section describes our findings in detail. 下一节将详细描述我们的发现。 to describe a method/process/situation 描述方法/过程/情况 - describe somebody/something to somebody
Can you describe him to me? 你能向我描述一下他的样子吗？ - describe somebody/something for somebody
They described for us exactly what happened. 他们向我们详细描述了发生的事情。 - describe somebody/something as something
The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20. 据描述这男人高个子，深色皮肤，年龄在 20 岁左右。 - describe yourself as something
She describes herself as an artist. 她自称是艺术家。 - describe how, what, etc…
Describe how you did it. 谈谈你是怎样做这事的。 Words cannot describe what I felt at that moment. 言语无法形容我当时的感受。 - describe doing something
Witnesses described seeing strange lights in the sky. 目击者描述说看到天空中有奇怪的光。
Express Yourself Describing a pictureDescribing a picture 描述图片 In some exams, you have to describe what you see in a picture or photograph. Here are some useful phrases: 有些考试会要求描述图片或照片内容。下面是一些有用的短语： The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table. 照片中一家人围坐在餐桌旁。
This is a picture/photo of a busy city street. 这张图／照片里是一条繁华的城市街道。
In the foreground/background, we can see a group of protesters. 在前景／背景中，我们可以看到一群示威者。
In the bottom right-hand corner/top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone. 在右下角／左上角，有一个孩子孤零零地坐在那里。
On the left/On the right/In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand. 在左边／右边／中间，站着一个手里拿着瓶子的人。
In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline. 在漫画中，我们可以看到两个人在看报纸的大字标题。
The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman. 漫画家把这个男人画成一个典型的商人。
Extra ExamplesThe area I grew up in is described as semi-rural. 我长大的地区被描述为半农村。 He described briefly what happened. 他简要地描述了事情的经过。 He goes on to describe very vividly how Caesar was stabbed to death. 他继续生动地描述凯撒是如何给刺死的。 He goes on to describe vividly how Lincoln was assassinated. 他转而用生动的语言描述了林肯是如何被暗杀的。 Observers have described the situation in the country as ‘serious’. 观察家们称该国局势“严重”。 The shirt was variously described as ‘pink’, ‘salmon’ and ‘rose’. 这件衬衫的颜色有不同的说法，有的说是粉红色，有的说是浅橙色，还有的说是玫瑰红。 Their daily lives are described in detail. 他们的日常生活得到详细的描述。 This process is fully described in section three of the book. 这本书第三部份完整地描述了这一过程。 Words cannot describe our feelings at that moment. 我们当时的感觉无法用言语描述出来。 Jim was described by his colleagues as ‘unusual’. 吉姆被同事们称为 “不寻常” 的人。 The current political situation in Vietnam is described in chapter 8. 有关目前越南的政治形势在第8章中作了记述。 Production data were collected and analysed by methods previously described for Trial 1. 生产数据通过前面试验1中描述的方法收集和分析。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- exactly
- in detail
- …
- cannot
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- …
- describe somebody/something
- describe something (formal or specialist)
to make a movement that has a particular shape; to form a particular shape 沿…形状移动；画出…图形；形成…形状
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.