described

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened. 描述
We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time. 我们请她描述她在闲暇时做些什么。
She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together. 她读了一首卡弗描写他们在一起生活的诗。
2. V-T If a person describes someone or something as a particular thing, he or she believes that they are that thing and says so. 讲成; 称作
He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale. 他把它讲成了一个格外错综复杂的故事。
Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive, and determined. 甚至他最亲密的同盟者们都说他强势、好斗且坚决。