| 词汇 | description |
| 释义 | description noun[ C or U ] uk /dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ us /dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ B1 something that tells you what something or someone is like: 描述，描写，描绘 description ofWrite a description of your favourite beach.描述一下你最喜欢的海滨胜地。 She has given the police a very detailed/full description of the robber.她向警察详细描述了抢劫者的相貌。 Your paper contains too much description, and not enough discussion of the issues.你的文章描述性内容太多，而对问题的讨论不够。 See also answer a description of every description of all types: 各类 Boats of every description were entering the harbour.各种各样的船只正在驶入港湾。 be beyond description(alsodefy description) to be something that you cannot describe accurately because of its great size, quality, or level: 无法形容，难以描述 Her beauty is beyond description.她的美无与伦比。 A witness gave a detailed description of the man.一位目击者详细描述了那个人的体貌特征。 He gave a very vivid and often shocking description of his time in prison. The book contains lyrical descriptions of the author's childhood.这本书里有对作者童年的抒情性描写。 Would you say that is an accurate description of the current situation? A woman of your description was seen in the area on the night of the crime. Accounts and stories anecdote another anti-narrative backstory be another storyidiom bodice-ripper cautionary tale horror story in medias res kompromat legend legendary lore reminiscence rundown running commentaryphrase scenario semi-legendary write something up yarn description | American Dictionarydescription noun[ C/U ] us/dɪˈskrɪp·ʃən/ literature a statement or a piece of writing that tells what something or someone is like: [ C ]Your description of Della was hilarious. [ U ]Boats of every description (= of all types) entered the harbor. [ U ]The beauty of the Rockies is beyond description (= is impossible to describe). descriptiveadjectiveus/dɪˈskrɪp·tɪv/ His poetry skillfully incorporates descriptive details. Examples of descriptiondescription The analogies and problems used in these experiments were not specific to any domain of expertise and used fantasy problems relying only on linguistic descriptions. The semantic descriptions of the devices were varied, but the pictures were identical for both conditions. His descriptions of the search had a sensational air but were good reporting. At the same time, we do not know if all the details included in these descriptions really contribute relevant properties to the resulting sound quality. The following descriptions focus on the local purge in each town and the points at which the local and legal purges diverged. The implications of these findings for theories of syntactic category formation and abstract rulebased descriptions of grammar are discussed. Secondly, very short descriptions of knowledge may contain faults, even if they are described at a very high level. Practical reason certainly requires the comparison of options in terms of their absolute descriptions. Again, there is at times no reference to the source of these data and the descriptions provided are inaccurate. The colon indicates the location of the caesura as described in traditional descriptions. The applicability of the criteria mentioned above is dependent upon the availability of adequate language descriptions. From this focus on descriptions of input evolved work on descriptions of conversational interaction. We compared the learners' descriptions of the pictures to a standard set of descriptions for number of core ideas expressed. In clinical terms, prototypes relate to classic textbook descriptions of diseases and of typical disease patterns. The brief descriptions of the accounts given by the 27 individuals were reread and three categories identified, initially by the first author. See all examples of description These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withdescriptiondescriptionThese are words often used in combination with description. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. above description We will use the abovedescription as the definition of path-width. accurate description What this study does demonstrate is that gender differences are salient and therefore should be included in any accuratedescription of interlanguage. adequate description For many purposes it is a completely adequatedescription of the system. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with description |
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