de‧scrip‧tion S2 W2 / dɪskrɪpʃ ə n / 名词 [可数和不可数名词]
1 a piece of writing or speech that gives details about what someone or something is like
description of
an accurate description of the event
The booklet gives a brief description of each place.
Berlin sounds fascinating from your description. → job description
2 be beyond/past description to be too good, bad, big etc to be described easily :
The death and destruction were beyond description.
3 of every/some/any etc description ( also of all descriptions ) people or things of every type, some type etc :
People of all descriptions came to see the show.
COLLOCATIONS
动词
give (somebody) a description She was unable to give the police a description of her attacker.
provide a description formal The diary provides a clear description of farming life in the 1850s.
issue a description (= formally give a description of someone to the public ) Police have issued a description of the two men they are looking for.
fit/match a description (= be like the person in a police description ) The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
somebody answering a description (= a person who looks like someone in a police description ) A young girl answering this description has been seen in Spain.
形容词
good Her descriptions of the natural world are very good.
clear He gave us a clear description of the situation in the city.
detailed Some of his descriptions of the island are very detailed.
accurate I don’t think the hotel’s description of its facilities was very accurate.
vivid (= very clear and interesting ) The book contains some vivid descriptions of his childhood.
perfect We have a perfect description of the man we are looking for.
a full description formal (= detailed ) Please give a full description of your responsibilities in your present job.
a long/lengthy description I didn’t want to hear a lengthy description of their holiday.
a brief/short description There’s only a brief description of the hotel on the Internet.
a general description (= not detailed ) He started by giving us a general description of the manufacturing process.
a graphic description (= very clear and containing a lot of details, usually about something unpleasant ) The book has some graphic descriptions of life in the prison camp.
THESAURUS
account a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process : He provided the police with a detailed account of what he saw.
description something you say or write that gives details about what something or someone is like : The report gave a brief description of the problem.
story an account of something that has happened which may not be true – used especially when people are telling each other about something : I don’t think he was honest enough to tell us the full story. | Her parents did not believe her story.
report a written or spoken account of a situation or event, giving people the information they need, especially after studying something as part of your job : The UN will issue a report on the incident. | Initial police reports suggest she was murdered.
version a particular person’s account of an event, which is different from the account that another person gives : Her version of events has been contradicted by other witnesses.