description, kind, nature, sort, type
这组词共同的意思是“种类”。kind在多数情况下可以和sort或type互换,但当指生物学的类属或者种类时,只能用kind; type所表示的“种类”有典型性,多指那些界限非常明确,且有明显类似之处的一类。例如:
There are four basic types of blood.有四种基本血型。
sort表示“大体上属于同类的”,有时含有轻蔑之意。例如:
How did you get this sort of ideas into your head?你的脑袋里怎么会有这种想法?
description与nature也有kind的意思,但description指叙述或描述的一类。例如:
He is a person of that description.他就是那种人。
nature指实质和特性上相似的一类。例如:
I never met things of this nature.我从未遇见过这种事情。
The beauty of the scenery beggars description.
风景之美非笔墨所能形容.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
She gave an exact description of the attacker.
她对袭击者的特征作了精确的描述。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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。
——柯林斯例句
Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
警方强调这是迄今对凶手最精确的描述。
——柯林斯例句
This report offered the most specific and accurate description of the problems.
该报告对问题进行了最具体、最准确的描述。
——柯林斯例句
The book gave a graphic description of the war.
这本书生动地描述了战争的情况.
——《简明英汉词典》
And the senstive observer of sculpture must learn to feel shape simply as shape, not as description or reminiscence.
雕塑品的敏锐观赏家必须学会把形体当作形体去感觉, 而不当作描述或联想去感觉.
——《用法词典》
a picturesque description of life at sea
对海上生活生动的描述
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii.
这本书以对夏威夷的冗长描述为结尾。
柯林斯例句
A comprehensive description is one that is full and complete.
一篇详尽的描写就是一篇充实完整的描写.
——《简明英汉词典》
It was a good enough description for Mattie to be going on with.
这个描述对玛蒂来说暂时还不错。
——柯林斯例句
The beauty of the scenery defied all description.
景色之美难以形容.
——《简明英汉词典》
The house answers to his description.
这房子与他的描述相符.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
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。
——柯林斯例句
Can you give me a description of the thief?
你能给我描述一下那个窃贼的模样 吗 ?
——《简明英汉词典》
He is not very good at description.
他不善于描写.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
给他的描述言简意赅。
——柯林斯例句
Her matchless beauty is beyond description.
她那旷世无双的美貌无法形容.
——《简明英汉词典》
We thought we were on the wrong track when we heard their description of you.
听到他们对你的描述，我们以为自己走错了道。
——柯林斯例句
He gave a description of what he had seen.
他描述了他所见到的一切.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
My description of it needed reassessment.
需要重新估计我对此事的说法.
——《简明英汉词典》
They bristled at his denigrating description of their activities.
听到他在污蔑他们的活动,他们都怒发冲冠.
——《简明英汉词典》
That's a marvellous description, Mrs Drummond. You're unusually observant.
您的描述令人惊叹，德拉蒙德太太，您真是独具慧眼。
——柯林斯例句
The description fits us to a tee.
这样的描述再适合我们不过了。
——柯林斯例句
The show featured dogs of every description.
展览会中展示了各式各样的狗.
——《简明英汉词典》
The description of the fire is very effective.
对大火的描述极其生动.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
When I read the novel I skipped these dry passages of description.
我读这本小说的时候跳过了这几段毫无趣味的描写.
——《简明英汉词典》
Goods of every description are available.
货色齐全.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description.
日本人从未制造过与此描述有丝毫相近的飞机。
——柯林斯例句
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