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| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔(all) the gory details〕The murder was described in gory detail.那个谋杀案的细节描述得很血腥。韦氏高阶〔Newton's laws of motion〕The three laws proposed by Sir Isaac Newton to define the concept of a force and describe motion, used as the basis of classical mechanics.牛顿运动定律：艾萨克·牛顿爵士定义力的概念以及描述运动时提出的三大法则，为非量子机械学的基础美国传统〔SHOCKED/SHOCKING〕She was badly shaken by the attack and found it difficult to describe her ordeal to the police. 那次袭击事件使她受到极大的打击，她发觉难以向警方描述那痛苦的经历。朗文写作活用〔T, t〕The description fits us to a tee.这样的描述再适合我们不过了。柯林斯高阶〔WANT/NOT WANT〕The story gives a sensitive account of Paul's innocent yearning for love and affection. 这个故事细致描述了保罗对爱与温情纯真的渴望。朗文写作活用〔WRONG〕Agents often gave a false or misleading description of the houses they were selling. 代理商对于所售房屋的描述常常是虚假的或误导人的。朗文写作活用〔account〕He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.他惊讶得无法描述发生了什么事。朗文当代〔actualize〕To describe or portray realistically.真实描述，真实描绘美国传统〔alleged〕Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved; supposed.被说成的，被断言的：被描述为存在，或被说成是事实但并未得到证实的；假定的美国传统〔analytical〕The textbook model may provide a useful analytical tool, but it does not describe reality.教科书的范例也许可以提供有用的分析工具, 但并没有描述现实。外研社新世纪〔answer〕A man answering his description was seen in Glasgow.有目击者看到与对他的描述相符的人在格拉斯哥出现。外研社新世纪〔apply〕Connell said a new medical term should be applied to Berg's actions. He calls it 'medicide'.康奈尔说应该用一个新的医学名词描述伯格的行为。他称之为“医生协助自杀”。柯林斯高阶〔argument〕Anny described how she got into an argument with one of the marchers.安妮描述了她是如何同一名游行者争执起来的。外研社新世纪〔aside〕The informative asides about rural life make this wine guide rather special.这本品酒指南不时插入一些有关乡村生活的描述，这让人感到耳目一新。剑桥高阶〔barbarian〕The book describes tribes of barbarians massing on the borders of the Roman Empire.这本书描述了聚集在罗马帝国边境的原始人部落。韦氏高阶〔briefly〕Please briefly describe/summarize your experience.请简要描述/概括一下你的经历。韦氏高阶〔can〕I cannot describe it—I can't find the words.我描述不出来——我找不到合适的词儿。外研社新世纪〔cast〕Democrats have been worried about being cast as the party of the poor.民主党人一直都担心自己被描述成穷人的政党。外研社新世纪〔characterize〕How would you characterize the situation/problem? 你如何描述这一形势/问题？韦氏高阶〔continental drift〕The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.大陆漂移：板块构造理论中所描述的大陆的运动、形成和再构造美国传统〔critic〕Critics described the paintings as worthless.评论家把那些油画描述成一文不值的垃圾。牛津搭配〔dance〕She describes the tango as a very sexy dance.她把探戈描述为一种非常性感的舞蹈。柯林斯高阶〔deceit〕The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale.小说描述了令人难以置信的盗窃、行骗和欺诈行为。剑桥高阶〔depict〕Margaret Atwood's novel depicts a gloomy futuristic America.玛格丽特•阿特伍德的小说描述了一个黑暗无望的未来美国。外研社新世纪〔descent〕The book describes his descent into a deep depression after the death of his wife.这本书描述了他丧偶后陷入低落状态。韦氏高阶〔describe〕He described briefly what happened.他简要地描述了事情的经过。牛津搭配〔describe〕She described watching dolphins play beside the ship.她描述了观赏海豚在船边玩耍的情形。韦氏高阶〔description〕A young girl answering Anne's description had just been brought in by police.与安妮描述相符的一个年轻女孩刚刚被警察带进来。麦克米伦高阶〔description〕His face was so odd that it defies description.他的脸长得特别古怪，简直无法描述。牛津搭配〔descriptively〕Linguists try to study language descriptively, not prescriptively.语言学家们设法对语言进行描述性研究, 而非规范性研究。外研社新世纪〔descriptor〕A word, a phrase, or an alphanumeric character used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.描述符：在信息的存取系统中标识一条信息的单字、词组或混合字符串美国传统〔doings〕He gave an admiring account of Larry's doings.他赞赏地描述了拉里的所作所为。外研社新世纪〔entry〕He described Britain's entry into the European Exchange Rate Mechanism as an historic move.他将英国加入欧洲汇率机制描述为具有历史意义的一步。柯林斯高阶〔equality〕Mathematics A statement, usually an equation, that one thing equals another.【数学】 等式：一个描述，通常为一个等式，其一部分等于另一部分美国传统〔exact〕She gave an exact description of the attacker.她对袭击者的特征作了精确的描述。牛津高阶〔exact〕The police have an exact description of the killer.警方对杀手的描述非常严谨准确。韦氏高阶〔exaggerate〕It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.无论怎样描述这一发现的重要意义都不为过。韦氏高阶〔excruciating〕Helen described the events of the night before in excruciating detail.海伦絮絮叨叨地描述了前一天晚上发生的事，烦死人了。朗文当代〔explicit〕Describing or portraying nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail.描述裸体或性行为的：轮廓鲜明地描述或描绘裸体或性行为的美国传统〔eyewitness〕According to an eyewitness account, the thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery.据一位目击证人的描述，这伙盗贼在抢劫现场附近弃车而逃。剑桥高阶〔eyewitness〕According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd.据目击者描述，士兵向人群开了枪。朗文当代〔fit〕Police said the car fits the description of the stolen vehicle.警方称，这辆车符合对被盗车辆的描述。朗文当代〔follow〕The conclusions described in the text follow from this equation.文中描述的结论是从这个等式推导出来的。外研社新世纪〔graphically〕He graphically described the terrible scene.他绘声绘色地描述了那个可怕的场面。外研社新世纪〔hermaphrodite〕He has been described as a political hermaphrodite.他被描述成政治两面派。外研社新世纪〔interior〕She depicted the interior life of human beings, and particularly their moral stresses and strains.她描述了人类的内心世界, 特别是他们承受的道德压力。外研社新世纪〔journal〕Her journal entry for that day describes a thunder storm.她在那天的日志中描述了一场雷雨。牛津搭配〔know〕We know them as inaccurate and misleading property descriptions.我们认为对性状的这些描述是不准确的，且会使人产生误解。柯林斯高阶〔launch〕He immediately launched into a detailed account of his trip.他立即开始详尽地描述他的旅行见闻。麦克米伦高阶〔limn〕To describe.描述美国传统〔macabre〕Constituting or including a representation of death.以死亡为主题的：组成或包括关于死亡的描述的美国传统〔magnetic intensity〕A quantity used in describing magnetic phenomena in terms of their magnetic fields and magnetization.磁场强度：一个描述关于磁场和磁化作用中磁性现象的矢量美国传统〔measure up to〕The prisoner measures up to the descriptions of the police.这个囚犯的外貌特征符合警察的描述。21世纪英汉〔metaphor〕He often uses the metaphor of the family to describe the role of the state.他经常用家庭作比喻来描述国家的职责。麦克米伦高阶〔non-specific〕The description was deliberately non-specific.故意描述得模棱两可。朗文当代〔nosography〕The systematic description of diseases.病理学：对疾病的系统描述美国传统〔ordeal〕She described her agonising ordeal.她描述了自己备受折磨的苦难经历。柯林斯高阶〔overwrite〕To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.写得过多，描述过分：用矫情的或过多的描写，书写格式来写美国传统〔pattern〕Their descriptions seemed to follow a set pattern (=always develop in the same way) .他们的描述似乎遵循固定的模式。朗文当代〔phonotypy〕The practice of transcribing speech sounds by means of phonetic symbols.表音速记法：通过音标来描述语音的方法美国传统〔picturesquely〕The historian Yakut described it picturesquely as a 'mother of castles'.历史学家雅库特把它形象地描述为“城堡之母”。外研社新世纪〔picture〕The article gives a vivid picture of the way artists at the studio collaborated.那篇文章生动地描述了艺人们是如何在录音室内合作的。朗文当代〔poster〕The police have put up wanted posters describing the man.警察张贴了描述该名男子的通缉布告。牛津搭配〔powerfully〕He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60.他被描述成一个强壮的、肌肉发达的60岁老人。柯林斯高阶〔prescription〕Morishita described the policy as ‘a prescription for disaster'.莫里什塔把这个政策描述成“应对灾难的良方”。麦克米伦高阶〔pupil〕Her school report described her as a very promising pupil.在她的成绩单中她被描述成一个非常有前途的学生。剑桥高阶〔put〕It is hard to put into words (=express) how I feel now.我现在的感觉难以用语言描述。朗文当代〔qualify〕To describe by enumerating the characteristics or qualities of; characterize.描述，形容：通过列举…的特点或特性来描述；刻画…的性格美国传统〔reader〕She described him as a typical Guardian reader.她把他描述为一个典型的《卫报》读者。剑桥高阶〔recount〕The explorer recounted his adventures in a number of books.探险家在好几本书中描述自己的冒险经历。英汉大词典〔rounded〕The novel gives a rounded picture of life as an illegal immigrant in the U.S.这部小说全面描述了一名非法移民在美国的生活状况。韦氏高阶〔science〕The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.科学：对现象进行观察、认知、描述、实验性的研究及理论上的解释美国传统〔sequence〕Could you describe the exact sequence of events that evening? 你能准确描述那晚发生的一连串事件吗？麦克米伦高阶〔sequence〕The article describes the chronological sequence of events.文章按时间顺序描述了事件。牛津搭配〔solution〕First, we need a clear statement of the problems requiring solution.首先, 我们需要清楚地描述一下待解决问题。外研社新世纪〔statement〕The company needed a mission statement describing its core values.公司需要一个描述其核心价值观的宗旨宣言。牛津搭配〔tally〕This description didn't seem to tally with what we saw.这一描述似乎与我们目睹的情况不符。外研社新世纪〔tally〕This description didn't seem to tally with what we saw.这一描述似乎与我们目睹的情况不符。柯林斯高阶〔tell of〕The explorer's journals tell of a vast unexplored wilderness.探险家的日志描述了一片人迹罕至、广阔无垠的荒野。韦氏高阶〔thing〕The official government report puts things quite differently.（以某种方式）描述，展现麦克米伦高阶〔tolerantly〕She had listened tolerantly to his jumbled account.她一直包容地听着他语无伦次的描述。柯林斯高阶〔visualize〕I tried to visualize the house while he was describing it.我一边听他描述，一边想象那房子的样子。朗文当代〔wheeze〕Between gasps and wheezes, he tried to explain what had happened.他气喘吁吁地尽力描述事情发生的经过。韦氏高阶〔word〕To be unable to describe or talk about.无法描述或谈论美国传统He described the film as middle-class bourgeois horseshit.他将这电影描述为中产阶级的胡说八道。剑桥国际He gave a description of what he had seen. 他对看到的情况作了描述。译典通I don't know how to describe the feeling--it's more intangible than depression.我不知道该如何描述这种感情----比抑郁更难以捉摸。剑桥国际In her autobiography, she describes the song's genesis late one night in a Dublin bar.在她的自传里，她描述了这首歌是如何于一个深夜在都柏林的一间酒吧中诞生的。剑桥国际Mixing his metaphors, he described the problem by saying “We've opened up a can of worms here, and now we have to get the genie back in the bottle”.他用混杂的比喻来描述那个问题:“我们在这儿打开了一罐虫子，而现在我们不得不把这妖怪放回瓶子中。”剑桥国际One of the more gushing newspapers described the occasion as ‘a fairy-tale wedding’.一家更为装腔作势的报纸把那个场面描述为“一个童话般的婚礼”。剑桥国际Storks are often depicted bringing new-born babies to their parents.鹳经常被描述为会将新生婴儿送到他们的父母处。剑桥国际The author told of the godlike courage of a young man. 作家描述了一位青年的神圣的勇气。译典通The book is an honest-to-goodness (= simple, plain or natural) account of her early life.这本书是对她早期生活的详实的描述。剑桥国际The devil is often represented with horns and cloven hooves.魔鬼常被描述成带有角和偶蹄。剑桥国际The film was about a group of robots set on world domination (= control of all countries).这部电影描述了一群机器人意图统治整个世界的故事。剑桥国际The history of the community is told through photographs and vignettes from conversations with residents.这个社区的历史是通过照片以及与居民交谈的小片段来描述的。剑桥国际The hotel we stayed in didn't fit the description that we'd been given of it.我们所呆的旅馆情况与所给的描述不相符。剑桥国际The paper criticized what it described as the animal-like behaviour of the football fans.该报批评了被它描述为野蛮的足球球迷们的行为。剑桥国际The papers have minutely examined (= examined every detail of) all the events surrounding the royal scandal.文件细微地描述了与皇家丑闻相关的所有事件。剑桥国际This book gives a good picture of life in China today. 这本书生动地描述了当代中国的生活情况。译典通 |
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