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、inform

告訴;通知

They would inform him of any progress they had made.

他們會把他們取得的任何進步都告訴他。

My daughter informed me that she was pregnant.

我女兒告訴我她懷孕了。

告發;檢舉

Somebody must have informed on us.

肯定有人告發我們了。

Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.

數以千計的美國公民檢舉過這些有組織的犯罪團伙。

賦(思想或特質)于;滲透入

All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension.

所有很棒的歌曲都透著某種悲傷和張力。

The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work.

玫瑰的概念持續貫穿于詩人的作品中。