describe /dɪˈskraɪb/ CET4 TEM4 ( describing, described, describes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened. 描述

  例：

  We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.

  我们请她描述她在闲暇时做些什么。

  例：

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

  她读了一首卡弗描写他们在一起生活的诗。

• 2. 

  V-T If a person describes someone or something as a particular thing, he or she believes that they are that thing and says so. 讲成; 称作

  例：

  He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.

  他把它讲成了一个格外错综复杂的故事。

  例：

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

  甚至他最亲密的同盟者们都说他强势、好斗且坚决。