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a description of [sth]
Please give a detailed description of the accident.
请详细描述事故。
描述；叙述
descriptions — plural of description
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描述；叙述
A statement or account in words that describes someone or something.
Please give a detailed description of the accident.
请详细描述事故。
用文字描绘或描述事物；语言中的肖像或表现；事物或种类的基本特征的列举
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
用言语表述某事物的陈述
a statement that represents something in words
描述的行为；通过标记或符号描绘。
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
描述某事物的行为
the act of describing something
The police asked for a detailed description of the stolen car.
警方要求详细描述那辆被偷的汽车。
AI contextual example
Her description of the sunset made me feel as if I were there.
她对日落的描述让我仿佛身临其境。
AI contextual example
Can you give me a brief description of your job?
你能简单描述一下你的工作吗？
AI contextual example
every description of book was there
那里有各种各样的书。
WordNet
Please give a detailed description of the accident.
请详细描述事故。
She provided a vivid description of her travels.
她生动地描述了她的旅行。
作为固定短语使用。
The beauty of the scenery was beyond description.
景色之美难以描述。
可用形容词修饰 description。
The police released a brief description of the suspect.
警方发布了嫌疑人的简要描述。
Not this
Please give a describe of the person.
Use this
Please give a description of the person.
描述”是名词，而“describe”是动词。此处需要名词作宾语，因此应使用“description”。
Not this
He wrote a description about the event.
Use this
He wrote a description of the event.
名词“description”后通常跟介词“of”表示描述的对象，而不是“about”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
详细描述
The police asked for a detailed description of the suspect.
警方要求详细描述嫌疑人的特征。
简要说明
Please give a brief description of your project.
请简要说明你的项目。
职位描述
The job description lists the required qualifications.
职位描述列出了所需的资格条件。
关于…的描述
He wrote a vivid description of the landscape.
他写了一篇关于风景的生动描述。
提供描述
Can you provide a description of what happened?
你能描述一下发生了什么吗？
给出描述
She gave a description of the stolen items.
她描述了被盗物品的情况。
难以形容
The beauty of the sunset was beyond description.
日落的美丽难以形容。
非言语所能形容
The chaos in the room beggars description.
房间里的混乱非言语所能形容。
符合描述
The suspect fits the description given by the witness.
嫌疑犯符合目击者给出的描述。
Use descriptions naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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de + script + ion = 对脚本的说明，即描述。
mixed
Words ending in '-scription' (prescription, subscription, transcription, inscription) rhyme exactly with 'description' (stressed vowel /ɪ/ + /pʃən/). Words ending in '-ception' (reception, deception) look similar but have a different stressed vowel (/ɛ/).
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.