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、expect

預期;預料;期待

a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

預計自己在接下來的幾周里會丟掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他們不再期待公司利潤會增長。

要求；認為應當得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他沒有指望我們會盛情款待。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.

我確實希望晚上能有些屬于自己的時間。