1、describe
描述;描写;形容;叙述
We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.
我们请她描述一下她业余时间都在做什么。
She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.
她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。
把…说成;把…称为;认为
He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale...
他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。
Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'.
埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。
描画,画出(图形);形成…的形状
His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。
2、run up
积欠(账款、债务等)
He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel.
他在大不列颠阿德尔菲酒店积欠了1,400英镑的账单
Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.
很多俱乐部因为斥巨资购买外援而积欠了巨额债务。
3、conquer
占领;征服
During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.
1936年,墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。
Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.
11世纪早期,整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。
克服;攻克
I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences...
我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。
He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.
他一直未能戒除烟瘾。