动 describe，represent，bewrite，characterization，depict ；

[例句] 他描述了被俘4个月里挣扎求生的艰难岁月。 He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.

[例句] 与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。 Two men answer-ing the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland.

narrate，recount，relate，account，depiction ；

[例句] 普里马科夫先生详细叙述了他和总统的会面。 Mr Primakov gave a full account of his meeting with the President.

[例句] 这部小说是从这个女孩的视角来叙述的。 The novel is shown from the girl's viewpoint.

expound，elaborate，state，set forth，expatiate ；

[例句] 他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。 In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.

[例句] 他在大会发言中作了更进一步的阐述。 He went even further in his speech to the conference.

dictate，oral account，nuncupate，dictation，nuncupation ；

[例句] 你向你的秘书口述的速度有多快? How fast do you dictate to your secretary?

[例句] 他向秘书口述一封信. He dictated a letter to his secretary.

discuss，expound，relate and analyze，address oneself to，discourse upon ；

[例句] 伦道夫的著作专门论述污染对健康的影响。 Randolph's work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.

[例句] 《牛津化学初级读本》丛书旨在论述有机化学中的重要问题。 The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry.

state，declare，allege，mention，presentation；

[例句] 海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。 Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.

[例句] 那场展览陈述的想法很好，但是没能实现。 The ideas in the show's presentation were good, but failed in execution.

commentary ；

[例句] 该部门的评述严厉批评了整个系统. The department's review damned the whole system.

[例句] 简短地评述一下它们的总的意义和相对重要性是恰当的. It is pertinent to review briefly their overall significance and relative importance.

repeat，retell，hash，iterance，rehearsal ；

[例句] 他们把事情的整个经过详尽地复述了一遍。 They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

[例句] 学生必须用自己的话复述这个故事. The students had to retell the story in their own words.

tell about，give an account of，narrate，recount，rede ；

[例句] 这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。 The company put on a play about the homeless.

[例句] 他讲述了自己是怎样被全副武装的士兵从总统官邸里赶出来的。 He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace.

explain，dilate，discuss，expatiate，amplify ；

[例句] 黑斯廷斯先生在午宴上兴致勃勃地把这个故事向安德森先生详述了一遍。 Mr Hastings gleefully retailed the story to Mr Anderson over lunch.

[例句] 这份报告详述了战争期间所发生的践踏人权的情况。 The report detailed the human rights abuses committed during the war.

record and narrate，give an account of ；

[例句] 外交大臣就该条约发表的观点有大量记述并被屡屡提及。 The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated.

[例句] 这本书记述确凿，言辞明晰，见解公正。 The book is remarkably accurate and transparently fair-minded.

state，recount，narrate，tell ；

[例句] 他向孩子们述说了他少年时代的一些趣事. He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.

[例句] 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情. The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers.

report，relate sth. as told by another，retail ；

[例句] 我是在转述，但这的确是他说的意思。 I'm paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said.

[例句] 我们把这些转述给了克拉伊切克。 We reported this back to Krajicek.

summary，survey，sketch，summarize ；

[例句] 《华尔街日报》的一篇社论概述了很多保守派人士的观点。 A Wall Street Journal editorial encapsulated the views of many conservatives.

[例句] 该报告概述了这种新式武器的可能用途。 The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.

formulation ；

[例句] 两人都具有深入浅出地表述复杂事物的能力。 Both of them had the ability to present complex matters lucidly.

[例句] 我本可以把它表述得全然不同。 I would have phrased it quite differently.

restatement，reword，[法] iterance，iterate ；

[例句] 这部电影用马克思主义的观点重述了那个著名的传说. The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.

[例句] 请你重复一下那个问题,好吗?iterate 系 正式用语,指“一次或数次地重述” 、 “反复申说”,如: Will you repeat that question, please?

resume，sketch ；

[例句] 有4个基本的选项，简述如下。 There are four basic alternatives; they are described briefly below.

[例句] 他用几句生动的语言简述了局势. He sketched the situation in a few vivid words.

premise，quote ；

[例句] 让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提. Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.

[例句] 他们引述《圣经》的章节来立论. They clinched their arguments with Biblical chapter and verse.

tell about the past，recout ；

[例句] 他追述他的童年时代,从而使我们高兴起来. He entertained us with reminiscence of his childhood.

[例句] 福克纳追述了康普生家史. Faulkner traces the history of the Compson family.

Assyria ；

[例句] 亚述和巴比伦的纪录比较起来则少得多. The records of Assyria and Babylon are sparing in comparison.

[例句] 很难确定巴比伦和亚述的司法管辖权. It is difficult to discuss the administration of justice in Babylonia and Assyria.