description
- 英式英标[dɪ\'skrɪpʃən]
- 美式音标[dɪ\'skrɪpʃ(ə)n]
英文词源
- description (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French description (12c.) and directly from Latin descriptionem (nominative descriptio) "representation, description, copy," noun of action from past participle stem of describere "write down, transcribe, copy, sketch," from de- "down" (see de-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)).
实用例句
- 1. We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
- 我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Two men answer-ing the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland.
- 与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
- 他对一些毒药的性质和作用的描述惊人地准确。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Plainly, a more objective method of description must be adopted.
- 显而易见，必须采用更为客观的描述方法。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句