describable

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形容某事物能够被描述、记述或描绘,通常指其特征、细节或性质可以通过语言或文字表达出来。

用法要点

句型搭配

通常用作表语或定语,描述事物的可描述性,常与系动词如be、seem等连用,或修饰名词。

• be describable as
• seem describable
• a describable phenomenon

介词用法

常与介词as连用,表示“可被描述为...”,用于具体说明描述的方式或类别。

• describable as a success
• describable in simple terms
• describable with accuracy

语域说明

多用于正式或学术语境,如写作、报告、分析中,强调事物的可表达性,日常口语中使用较少。

• in academic papers
• in technical descriptions
• in formal reports

基础例句

The sunset was so beautiful that it was barely describable in words.

日落美得几乎无法用言语描述。

Her feelings after the win were describable as pure joy and relief.

她获胜后的感受可以描述为纯粹的喜悦和宽慰。

The strange noise in the old house was not easily describable to others.

老房子里奇怪的声音不容易向别人描述清楚。

高级例句

In the research paper, the complex data patterns were describable using advanced statistical models.

在研究论文中,复杂的数据模式可以通过高级统计模型进行描述。

The contract terms must be clearly describable to avoid any legal ambiguities in business negotiations.

合同条款必须清晰可描述,以避免商务谈判中的法律模糊性。

The theoretical framework of the study is describable as a synthesis of existing economic theories.

该研究的理论框架可描述为现有经济理论的综合。

高频搭配

verb

be describableseem describablebecome describablemake describable

adjective

easily describablefully describablevaguely describableaccurately describable

noun

phenomenon describableexperience describabledetail describablequality describable

adverb

clearly describableprecisely describablesuccinctly describablevividly describable

preposition

describable asdescribable indescribable withdescribable through

phrase

barely describablehardly describablenot easily describablein a describable way

常见错误

❌ 错误:The story is describable to be interesting.
✓ 正确:The story is describable as interesting.

错误使用了不定式to be,应改为介词as,因为describable通常与as搭配表示“可被描述为...”。

❌ 错误:He describable the scene vividly.
✓ 正确:He described the scene vividly.

错误将形容词describable用作动词,应改为动词describe,describable是形容词,意为“可描述的”,不能直接作谓语动词。

近义词辨析

expressible

expressible强调能够被表达或传达出来,可能涉及情感、想法等抽象内容,而describable更侧重于事物特征或细节的可描述性。

Her gratitude was expressible through a simple thank you, but the beauty of the landscape was describable in poetic terms.

depictable

depictable通常指能够被描绘或刻画,常用于视觉艺术或形象描述,而describable更通用,涵盖语言或文字的描述。

The scene was depictable in a painting, but its emotional impact was describable only in heartfelt words.