descriptions

基本解釋

The book was padded out with uninteresting descriptions.
這本書用些無趣的描寫拉得太長。
The prisoner measures up to the descriptions of the police.
這個囚犯的外貌特征符合警察的描述。
These descriptions help to realize the disposition of the leading character.
這些描寫有助于使主人公的性格顯得真實。

Writing teachers say students in many countries have learned to write beautiful descriptions about something without ever stating the main idea.
Now, ancient Hebrew descriptions of Yahweh employ very similar language in the poetic passage here in Exodus 15, but also in other poetic passages.
出埃及記》15，猶太人對耶和華的描述,借用了這段詩的片段，還有其他的。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選
Just this watery mass again. So it's creation undoing itself in some of the descriptions, as opposed to just heavy rain.
又變成了一個大水球,這里是自我毀滅，而不是毀于傾盆大雨。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選

Here are seven companies (the last defunct) and partial descriptions of their product lines.
FORBES: Side Lines

A description of someone or something is an account which explains what they are or what they look like.
If something is of a particular description, it belongs to the general class of items that are mentioned.
You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.

摹狀詞
Based on the meaning and interpretations of definite descriptions, Barwise and Perry analyzed five different uses of definite descriptions, which are referential use, outer attributive use, inner attributive use, appositive use, and functional use.
以限定摹狀詞的意義和解釋為出發(fā)點,巴威斯等分析和刻畫了限定摹狀詞的五種不同用法:指稱性用法、外在歸屬性用法、內(nèi)在歸屬性用法、同位性用法以及函數(shù)性用法。