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(fù)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、go on
繼續(xù)做
Unemployment is likely to go on rising this year.
今年的失業(yè)人數(shù)可能會繼續(xù)上升。
I'm all right here. Go on with your work.
我這里很好,你繼續(xù)工作吧。
進行;發(fā)生
While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention.
這場對話進行的時候,我聚精會神地聽著。
I don't know what's going on.
我不知道發(fā)生了什么事。
(做完某事后)進而,接著(做另一件事)
Alliss retired from golf in 1969 and went on to become a successful broadcaster.
阿利斯于1969年從高爾夫球界退役,繼而成為一名成功的節(jié)目主持人。
She went on to say that she had discussed it with the Canadian foreign minister.
她接著又說她已同加拿大外長就此進行了磋商。