described

英 [dɪˈskraɪbd]

美 [dɪˈskraɪbd]

v.  描述; 形容; 把…称为; 做…运动; 画出…图形; 形成…形状
describe的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：described　过去式：described　

BNC.36591 / COCA.30004

柯林斯词典

• VERB 描述;描写;形容;叙述
  If youdescribea person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together...
     她读了一首卡弗描写他们共同生活的诗。
  4. The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work...
     有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。
  5. Just before his death he described seeing their son in a beautiful garden.
     就在临终前他说看到他们的儿子在一个美丽的花园里。
• VERB 把…说成;把…称为;认为
  If a persondescribessomeone or somethingasa particular thing, he or she believes that they are that thing and says so.
  1. 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。
  2. 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. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman...
     安德鲁说她是一个瘦骨嶙峋、男人模样的大块头女人。
  4. Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive and determined...
     即使他最亲密的盟友也认为他强硬决断、咄咄逼人，不达目的誓不罢休。
  5. He described the meeting as marking a new stage in the peace process.
     他称这次会议标志着和平进程进入了一个新阶段。
• VERB 描画，画出(图形);形成…的形状
  If somethingdescribesa particular shape, it forms that shape or makes a movement that follows the line of that shape.
  1. 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。

When you usedescribewith an indirect object, you must puttoin front of the indirect object.He later described to me what he had found... Could you describe the man to the police?You do not say, for example, 'He described me what he had found'.
describe 接间接宾语时，间接宾语前必须加 to：He later described to me what he had found (他后来向我描述了他所发现的东西)，Could you describe the man to the police (你能向警察形容一下那人的模样吗)。不要说 He described me what he had found。

英英释义

adj

• represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
  1. the vividly described wars

双语例句

• She described the new policy as 'morally indefensible'.
  她认为新政策“在道德上是站不住脚的”。
• Several conclusions could be drawn from the results described above
  从上文描述的结果中可以得出几个结论。
• He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build
  他被描述成一个30岁左右、6英尺高、中等身材的人。
• He described their living conditions as tolerable.
  他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。
• He described the smell as something between a circus and a seaport
  他形容那种气味介于马戏团和海港的味道之间。
• The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable
  法官将这些犯罪行为描述为“令人作呕、说不出口”。
• He described the move as a victory for the people of South Africa as a whole
  他把这一举动描述成整个南非人民的胜利。
• A report compiled by the Fed's Philadelphia branch described the economy as weak.
  一份由联邦储备银行的费城分部汇编的报告说经济不景气。
• He described the situation as very dangerous and called for resolute action.
  他将形势描述得非常危险，并号召采取果断行动。
• When he tested an early vaccine on himself, some described the act as foolhardy
  当他在自己身上试验还处在初级阶段的疫苗时，有些人说他的行为是蛮干。