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descry + noun/pronoun
descry 常用在正式或文学语境中，强调费力看出或发现远处或模糊的事物。
From the hilltop, we could descry a distant ship.
从山顶上，我们能看见一艘远处的船。
看到；望见
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看到；望见
catch sight of
From the hilltop, we could descry a distant ship.
从山顶上，我们能看见一艘远处的船。
看到,发现
catch sight of
descry
Base
原形
descries
3rd person
第三人称单数
descrying
-ing
现在分词
descried
Past
过去式
descried
Past participle
过去分词
He descries a distant light.
他看见远处有一束光。
I descried a movement in the bushes.
我看见灌木丛中有动静。
We have descried the solution to the problem.
我们已经找到了问题的解决方案。
From the top of the tower, we could descry the outline of the city in the distance.
从塔顶，我们可以看见远处城市的轮廓。
He descried a figure moving among the trees.
他看见一个人影在树丛中移动。
Descrying the ship on the horizon, the sailor shouted with joy.
看到地平线上的船，水手高兴地喊叫起来。
descry 常用在正式或文学语境中，强调费力看出或发现远处或模糊的事物。
From the hilltop, we could descry a distant ship.
从山顶上，我们能看见一艘远处的船。
descry 后接 that 从句表示通过观察或察觉而发现某事实。
He descried that the enemy was approaching.
他发现敌人正在逼近。
descry 后接 wh- 从句表示看出或发现疑问内容。
They descried what lay beyond the forest.
他们看出了森林之外是什么。
Not this
I descryed a figure in the distance.
Use this
I descried a figure in the distance.
动词descry的过去式应为descried，因为以y结尾的动词变过去式时，通常将y改为i再加ed。而'descryed'是错误拼写。
Not this
He descried at the ship through the fog.
Use this
He descried the ship through the fog.
descry是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词。中文表达“看见”可能受母语影响添加介词“at”，但英语中descry后不加介词。
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