及物动词叙述; 描写，形容; 描绘，作图; （行星等）周转
及物动词
1. He described in detail how the accident happened.
他详细地叙述了事故是怎样发生的。
2. I will describe you.
我来把你描述一番。
3. He describes himself as a doctor.
他声称自己是医生。
4. Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.
语言难以描述那景色之美丽。
5. It is easy to describe a circle if you have a pair of compasses.
如果有圆规，很容易画一个圆。
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B：What is your strongest trait？
你个性上最大的特点是什么？
A：Helpfulness and caring./Adaptability and sense of humor./Cheerfulness and friendliness.
乐于助人和关心他人。/适应能力和幽默感/乐观和友爱。
B：How would your friends or colleagues describe you？
你的朋友或同事怎样形容你？
describe
A：They say Mr. Chen is an honest, hardworking and responsible man who deeply cares for his family and friends./They say Mr. Chen is a friendly, sensitive, caring and determined person.
他们说陈先生是位诚实、工作努力，负责任的人，他对家庭和朋友都很关心。/他们说陈先生是位很友好、敏感、关心他人和有决心的人。
B：What personality traits do you admire？
你欣赏哪种性格的人？
A：（I admire a person who is）honest, flexible and easy-going./（I like） people who possess the "can do" spirit.
诚实、不死板而且容易相处的人。/有"实际行动"的人。
1. 描写：在此基础上,Fair-clough提出了批评话语分析的三个方面或者三个步骤:(1)描写(describe)语篇的形式结构特征;(2)阐释(interpret)语篇与生成、传播和接受它的交际过程的关系;(3)解释(explain)交际过程和它的社会语境之间的关系从理论上讲,
2. 叙述：故*事(Story来自:www.5imovie.net)叙*述(describe)屡立功绩的西部巡警克兹,引起了当地黑帮的不满,以麦克为首的黑帮发誓要给克鲁兹致命打击,以令他永世不得翻身&hellip&hellip因涉嫌国际军火要案而被停职的克鲁兹,深入敌内,
3. 描绘：描述统计(descriptive statistics)是来描绘(describe)或总结(summarize)的观察量的基本情况的统计总称. 描述统计学研究如何取得反映客观现象的数据,并通过图表形式对所收集的数据进行加工处理和显示,
1. 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.
describe的解释
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'...
埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。
3. 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.
e.g. 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。