describe [di'skraib]
scribe 写
n. 抄写员；作家；划线器
vt. 写下，记下；用划线器划
vi. 写下，记下；担任抄写员

describe 中 de 与 detail 中的 意思相同
to say or write what someone or something is like

考点
describe as v. 描述为
describe with 用…描述

例句
There are few people who may be described as geniuses.
很少有能称得上天才的人。

昨日重现

TEM 4

The artist and the author both tried to ____ the splendor of the sunset.
A. depict B. narrate
C. describe D. tell

artist艺术家;美术家(尤指画家)

答案：A
【句意】那位艺术家和那位作家都曾试图描绘日落的壮美。【难点】A)、B)、C)选项都可以表示“描写，描述”之意。describe和narrate都指通过说和写来描述。describe是通过对人或物的外表、细节的描述来说明人、地或物的外貌；narrate“叙述，描述”，将故事的细节加以适当的排列使听众或读者了解所发生的一切。depict除了describe所表述的含义之外还可以指用绘画、雕刻等方式来描述，该句主语是艺术家和作家，故选用法更广的depict。D)tell意为“告诉，说出”。

depict depiction

pict 词源paint

depict [di'pikt]
to represent or show something in a picture or story

Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.

例句
Her novel depicts life in modern London.

她的小说描写的是伦敦现代的生活。

昨日重现

2003.6 CET-6

Allen will soon find out that real life is seldom as simple as it is _____ in commercials.

A.permeated
B.alleged
C.depicted
D.drafted

答案 B
A 充满 D设计

趣味单词

desolate [ˈdɛsəlɪt]
1describes a place that is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it
2 someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely
v to make someone feel very sad and lonely

The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.

adj. 荒凉的；无人烟的,凄凉
vt. 使荒凉；使孤寂

例句
God knows, it was a most desolate place. 天哪，这地方真是一片荒凉。

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