六级They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.

它们可能能够应对一定长度的干旱，许多人用“耐旱”一词来形容这种植物，但它们从来没有停止过用水，所以Farrant更愿意称它们为抗旱植物。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级In a study published last year, psychologists coined the term workplace telepressure to describe an employee's urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts about returning an email to one's boss, colleagues or clients.

在去年发表的一项研究中，心理学家创造了“工作场所远程压力”一词，用来描述员工立即回复电子邮件的冲动，以及将电子邮件回复给老板、同事或客户的强迫性想法。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level and only 20% describe their cooking skills as advanced, the crisis is one of confidence.

由于不到一半的美国人说他们的烹饪水平处于中等水平，只有20%的人说他们的烹饪技能是高级的，因此危机在于信心。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.

科学家们在该杂志上写道，德国的鹳类明显受到了垃圾场的影响，六分之四的鸟类在摩洛哥北部的垃圾堆上越冬，而不是迁徙到萨赫勒。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

解释人类遗传多样性的基础有助于理解不同的人群解释社会和文化差异描述人类个体特征的术语现代遗传学研究可能助长种族冲突种族是人类遗传多样性的一个定义不清的标记种族作为一个生物学术语可以解释人类遗传多样性遗传学研究应考虑到社会和文化的差异，在诊断中必须将种族放在一边，在遗传学中包含社会变量是很重要的。研究遗传类别的遗传多样性可能导致错误的临床预测。临床治疗中的疏忽他们使用的语言更加精确。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.

这也是为什么当我们试图用文字来描述音乐时，我们所能做的只是表达我们对它的反应，而不是理解音乐本身。

2014年考研翻译原文

六级In Paying for the Party, Hamilton describes what she calls the party pathway, which eases many students through college, helped along by various clubs that send students into the party scene and a host of easier majors.

在《为派对付钱》一书中，汉密尔顿描述了她所说的“派对之路”（Party pathway），在各种俱乐部的帮助下，许多学生可以轻松地读完大学，这些俱乐部让学生进入派对现场，并开设了许多较容易的专业。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In Paying for the Party, Hamilton describes what she calls the "party pathway", which eases many students through college, helped along by various clubs that send students into the party scene and a host of easier majors.

在《为派对付费》一书中，汉密尔顿描述了她所说的“派对路径”，这一路径让许多学生在各种俱乐部的帮助下轻松度过了大学时光，这些俱乐部将学生送上派对舞台，并开设了一系列较简单的专业。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考Triggering events for anger are so many that to describe them all would take hundreds of pages.

引发愤怒的事件如此之多，要描述它们都需要数百页的篇幅。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor.

为了描述人类，他应该保持手掌与地板成直角。

2014年6月听力原文

考研Fortunately, there's another sort of parent that's a bit easier to describe: a patient parent.

幸运的是，还有另一种更容易描述的父母：耐心的父母。

2020年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔将军在其著作《团队之队》中描述了在伊拉克战争的早期阶段，军队的等级结构是如何阻碍其行动的。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted -86 living ( ' , even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home.

因此，一位自称健康状况不佳的老年人，在“辅助86生活”（即使她的孩子更喜欢）中的抑郁程度可能不亚于在养老院。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研The 8-0 objection to President Obama trues on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “a shocking assertion assertion of federal executive power”.

对奥巴马总统的8票对0票的反对符合塞缪尔·阿利托大法官在反对中所描述的“令人震惊的联邦行政权力主张”。

2013年考研阅读原文

六级We might use the word "negative" to describe more difficult emotions but it doesn't mean those emotions are bad or we shouldn't have them.

我们可以用“消极”这个词来描述更困难的情绪，但这并不意味着这些情绪是坏的或者我们不应该有它们。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we're filling out here

那么，你能描述一下抢劫银行的那个人吗？我们正在填写这份报告

2010年12月听力原文

四级He doesn't know how to describe the beautiful country scenery

他不知道如何描述美丽的乡村景色

2011年6月听力原文

四级She describes how the definition of beauty has changed over the years and even from culture to culture.

她描述了美的定义是如何随着时间的推移而改变的，甚至是从一种文化到另一种文化。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

高考Leroy Chiao describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, your inner ear thinks you're falling.

焦乐华描述了在你从座位上浮起来之前发生的事情，你的内耳认为你在跌倒。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考It was coined by the trans-research institute to describe a new philosophy by which high achievers at work chose a lower salary in exchange for a better quality of life.

它是由trans研究所创造的，用来描述一种新的理念，即工作中的高成就者选择较低的工资来换取更好的生活质量。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

四级In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describe show the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔将军在其著作《团队之队》中指出，在伊拉克战争的早期阶段，军队的等级结构阻碍了其行动。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The retail industry is getting "reinvented" as we describe in our new book Matchmakers.

正如我们在新书《媒人》中所描述的那样，零售业正在得到“再造”。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级In a study published last year, psychologists coined the term "workplace telepressure" to describe an employee's urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts about returning an email to one's boss, colleagues or clients.

在去年发表的一项研究中，心理学家创造了“工作场所远程压力”一词，用来描述员工立即回复电子邮件的冲动，以及将电子邮件回复给老板、同事或客户的强迫性想法。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Matt Maclnnis describes the updated version of Inkling asa platform for building multimedia content.

Matt Maclnnis介绍了用于构建多媒体内容的Inkling asa平台的更新版本。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Applicants are asked to describe an ethical dilemma they've faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them.

申请人被要求描述他们所面临的道德困境及其对他们的影响，或者讨论他们特别关注的公共问题，或者讲述对他们产生深刻影响的虚构人物或创造性作品。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Even if the question is ostensibly (表面上) about something outside the self (describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?

即使问题表面上是(表面上) 关于自我之外的东西（描述一个虚构的人物或解决一个地缘政治问题），这篇文章总是回到最喜欢的话题：它对你有什么影响？

2013年12月阅读原文

四级: How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden

当前位置这位男士如何描述瑞典圣诞节前后的短暂白天

2011年12月听力原文

六级City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan.

市政府的员工、市民和记者聚集在大厅里，听她描述计划。

2012年12月听力原文

考研It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.

正是这种对自然的含蓄或明确的提及，充分证明了使用“花园”这个词来描述这些合成结构的正当性，尽管它具有“解放”的意义。

2013年考研翻译原文

六级Amy Blankson describes how to strategically stop during the day by using technology to control overworking.

艾米·布兰克森描述了如何利用技术控制过度工作，从而战略性地在白天停止工作。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The term kleptoplasty is used to describe the practice of using hiJacked genes to create nutrients from sunlight.

盗贼整形术一词用来描述利用被劫持的基因从阳光中创造营养的做法。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级: How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?

当前位置这位男士如何描述瑞典圣诞节前后的短暂白天？

2011年12月听力原文

六级It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk（僧侣）David Steindl-Rast describes as "that kind of happiness that doesn't depend on what happens.

它实际上是比单纯的快乐更深的东西：它是快乐，是僧侣所追求的(僧侣）大卫·斯坦德·拉斯特（David Steindl Rast）将这种幸福描述为“不依赖于发生了什么的幸福”。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考How does Steven describe his music?

史蒂文如何描述他的音乐？

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 题设

四级In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

哈佛医学院的尼古拉斯·克里斯塔基斯（Nicholas Christakis）对1万多人进行了为期30年的研究，他描述了各种社交网络是如何产生类似效果的。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities, which can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans in place of time spent online.

毕晓普将这个问题描述为一个简单的优先事项，可以通过鼓励人们优先考虑其他生活目标和计划来解决，而不是花在网上的时间。

2010年6月阅读原文

四级He doesn't know how to describe the beautiful country scenery.

他不知道如何描述美丽的乡村景色。

2011年6月听力原文

四级Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we're filling out here?

好的，你能描述一下抢劫银行的那个人吗？我们正在填写这份报告？

2010年12月听力原文

六级Because he's on the run from what he describes as a disease that preys on every artist: "ease of use".

因为他正在逃离一种折磨每一位艺术家的疾病：“易用性”。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead

科学家们在该杂志上写道，德国的鹳类明显受到垃圾场的影响，六分之四的鸟类在摩洛哥北部的垃圾堆上越冬，至少存活了五个月

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted living even if her children preferred it than in a nursing home.

因此，一个自称健康状况不佳的老年人在辅助生活中的抑郁程度可能不会比在疗养院中的孩子们更喜欢。

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities, which can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans in place of time spent online

毕晓普将这个问题描述为一个简单的优先事项，可以通过鼓励人们优先考虑其他生活目标和计划来解决，而不是花在网上的时间

2010年6月阅读原文

考研The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as "a shocking assertion of federal executive power".

对奥巴马总统的8票对0票的反对将塞缪尔·阿利托大法官在他的反对意见中描述为“令人震惊的联邦行政权力主张”。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Even if the question is ostensibly (表面上) about something outside the self (describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU

即使问题表面上是(表面上) 关于自我之外的东西（描述一个虚构的人物或解决一个地缘政治问题），这篇文章总是回到最喜欢的话题：它对你有什么影响

2013年12月阅读原文

六级a basis for explaining human genetic diversity an aid to understanding different populations an explanation for social and cultural differences a term to describe individual human characteristics The example of the disease cystic fibrosis underdiagnosed in people of African ancestry demonstrates that it is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosis it is important to include social variables in genetics research.

解释人类遗传多样性的基础

2016年12月六级（第三套）真题

六级” one should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they see their life related to work.

“一个人应该用十几句话来表达自己的观点，详细描述他们如何看待自己的生活与工作的关系。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级For instance, the secretary who longs to be an actress describes a life that allows her to express her love of Shakespeare on stage.

例如，渴望成为一名演员的秘书描述了一种生活，使她能够在舞台上表达对莎士比亚的热爱。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级A real estate agent, attracted to his current job because he loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that need a little tender loving care to make them more saleable.

一位房地产经纪人因为喜欢装修旧房而被他现在的工作所吸引，他描述了购买需要一点温柔关爱的房产，以使其更具销售性。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way, “If one wants to get to the top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about it will not bring one there.

一些哲学老师这样描述行动，“如果一个人想登上山顶，仅仅坐在山脚下思考是不会把人带到那里的。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级An old saying describes it this way, “Sounds traveling far and wide a stormy day will be tied”.

一句古话是这样描述的，“声音传得很远，暴风雨的日子会被束缚”。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk (僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.

它实际上是一种比单纯的幸福更深的东西：它是快乐，僧侣(僧侣) 大卫·斯坦德尔·拉斯特将其描述为“那种不取决于发生了什么的幸福。

2012年12月英语六级真题

四级Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.

即使是一个熟练的作家也可能无法描述使一张脸与另一张脸不同的所有特征。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so.

如果你被要求描述一张“漂亮的脸”是什么样子的，你可能很难做到这一点。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.

但是，如果你被要求描述一个“好人”，你可能会开始想到一个善良、体贴、友好、热情等等的人。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts.

有很多词可以描述一个人的想法、感受和行为。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

我不知道有哪个家长会用“有趣”这个词来形容抚养孩子。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values-not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine.

Martine说：“尽管他们从未真正尝试过向生殖问题传达信息，但他们描述了中产阶级和上层阶级的价值观——没有多少孩子，对性的不同态度，女性工作。”。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted living（even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home.

因此，一个自称健康状况不佳的老年人在辅助生活中（即使她的孩子更喜欢）的抑郁情绪可能不会比在疗养院中低。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级In his book, “Team of Teams' General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army’s hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

Stanley McChrystal将军在他的书中描述了在伊拉克战争的早期阶段，军队的等级结构是如何阻碍其行动的。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level and only 20% describe their cooking skills as advanced the crisis is one of confidence.

由于不到一半的美国人表示他们的烹饪水平处于中等水平，只有20%的人表示他们的厨艺很高级，这场危机是一场信心危机。

2020年7月大学英语四级真题

四级Scientists shaped the history of the terms while attempting to accurately describe how humans continue to alter the planet.

科学家们在试图准确描述人类如何继续改变地球的同时，塑造了这些术语的历史。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise.

他描述了他们的计划和策略，对于那些不熟悉神创论者方式的人来说，他们的欺骗和扭曲程度可能会让人感到不快。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing or “a touch on the brakes, makes it sound like a precise science.

用于描述货币政策的许多语言，如“引导经济软着陆”或“踩刹车”，听起来像是一门精确的科学。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they “look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as at something wholly beyond his comprehension.

达尔文用一句话来形容那些对进化一无所知的人：他们“看着一个有机的存在，就像野蛮人看着一艘船，就像看着完全无法理解的东西。”。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研But it is a little upsetting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the river —and then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling and the weights of the officers: “Pluff!

但是，在解释性注释中读到有一行描述了一名土耳其军官和一名保加利亚军官在一座桥上的打斗，他们都掉进了河里，然后发现这行文字由他们摔倒的声音和军官的重量组成，这让人有点不安：“砰！

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Not everyone experiences the kinds of severe chronic stresses Alvarez describes.

并不是每个人都会经历阿尔瓦雷斯所描述的那种严重的慢性压力。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题