一、详细释义:
v.
描写,形容,讲述,叙述,评述,描述,勾勒,刻画 [T]
例句:
To describe or portray with deft precision.
活灵活现地描述用精确的笔法灵活地描写或描绘。
例句:
Describe a scene with reality.
逼真地描写情景。
把…称为(as) [T]
例句:
There are few people who may be described as geniuses.
很少有能称得上天才的人。
制图,画图,作图;用图形说明;形成…的形状;勾画出…的轮廓 [T]
例句:
To describe or portray with deft precision.
活灵活现地描述用精确的笔法灵活地描写或描绘。
例句:
Describe a circle on the floor with a piece of chalk.
在地板上用支粉笔画个圆。
【古】发现,看到,望见,看出,辨别出 [T]
例句:
As to alienation, after Marx discovered the law of surplus value, he used that term only to describe wage labour in capitalist society.
至于“异化”,马克思在发现剩余价值规律以后,曾经继续用这个说法来描写资本主义社会中工人的雇佣劳动。
(行星等)周转,运行 [T]
例句:
The moon doesn't describe a circle round the earth, but rather an ellipse.
月球绕地球运行的轨道不是浑圆的,而是椭圆的。
提供描述,进行描述,起描述作用 [I]
例句:
To note how the diction describes.
注意词藻怎样起描述作用的。
二、词义辨析:
describe,represent,sketch,picture
这些动词均有“描写、描述”之意。describe侧重指描述细节,给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。represent指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。sketch指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。picture着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。
三、参考例句:
Describe a scene with reality.
逼真地描写情景。
describe a scene with reality.
逼真地描写情景。
Can you describe it, sir?
先生,您能描述一下吗?
Can you describe the picture?
你能描述一下这幅画吗?
Researchers describe it as an enabling technology.
研究者们将其描述成一种实现性技术。
Many mothers describe their children as fussy.
很多母亲们说她们的孩子在1岁时很让她们头痛。
How do you describe what you do?
你怎样描述你现在的职业?
They may describe the same person differently.
他们描述同一个人可能是不同的。
To describe or portray with deft precision.
活灵活现地描述用精确的笔法灵活地描写或描绘。
Would you describe your typical working day
请你描述一下自己典型的一天工作?