1、describe

描述;描寫;形容;敘述

We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.

我們請她描述一下她業(yè)余時間都在做什么。

She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.

她在敘述自己如何因為拒絕接受呼吸測試而被捕時再也控制不住情緒。

把…說成;把…稱為;認為

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale...

他說那是一個非常曲折復雜的故事。

Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'.

埃里克森稱他是“場上最好的球員”。

描畫，畫出(圖形);形成…的形狀

His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.

他的傳球在陰沉的天空中劃出了一道完美的弧線。

2、run up

積欠(賬款、債務等)

He ran up a ￡1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel.

他在大不列顛阿德爾菲酒店積欠了1,400英鎊的賬單

Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.

很多俱樂部因為斥巨資購買外援而積欠了巨額債務。

3、conquer

占領;征服

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.

1936年，墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亞。

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

11世紀早期，整個英格蘭再次被北歐海盜征服。

克服;攻克

I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences...

我相信愛足以克服我們的種種差異。

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

他一直未能戒除煙癮。