1、describe

描述;描写;形容;叙述

We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time.

我们请她描述一下她业余时间都在做什么。

She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.

她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。

把…说成;把…称为;认为

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.

他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。

Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'.

埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。

描画，画出(图形);形成…的形状

His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.

他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。

2、inform

告诉;通知

They would inform him of any progress they had made.

他们会把他们取得的任何进步都告诉他。

My daughter informed me that she was pregnant.

我女儿告诉我她怀孕了。

告发;检举

Somebody must have informed on us.

肯定有人告发我们了。

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

数以千计的美国公民检举过这些有组织的犯罪团伙。

赋(思想或特质)于;渗透入

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

所有很棒的歌曲都透着某种悲伤和张力。

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

玫瑰的概念持续贯穿于诗人的作品中。