We often use passive forms to describe technical processes like this.

我们经常使用被动形式来描述样的技术过程。

Sometimes though, we use a bed of roses in a negative form to describe an unpleasant situation, like in this example: Hey, how's everything going? A couple of months ago you told me you were struggling to pay your bills.

但有时，我们会用“a bed of roses”的否定形式来描述不愉快的情况，就像下面个例子：嘿，一切都好吗？几个月前，你告诉我你在为支付账单而发愁。

Typically, these images and 3D geometries contain a lot of information, and to be able to compare which is similar to which, we have to compress this information into a more concise description.

通常，像和 3D 几何形状包含很多信息，如果想要通过信息比较哪个和哪个数据更相似，我们就需要把信息压缩成更加简洁的描述形式。

Sometimes though, we use a bed of roses in a negative form to describe an unpleasant situation, like in this example: A: Hey, how's everything going?

但有时，我们会用“a bed of roses”的否定形式来描述不愉快的情况，如：A：嗨，一切都好吗？

Ideas for perpetual motion machines all violate one or more fundamental laws of thermodynamics, the branch of physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy.

永动机的想法都违反了热力学的一个或多个基本定律，热力学是描述不同形式能量之间关系的物理学分支。

Han described the form of bullfighting he teaches as the explosive power of hard 'qigong', saying it combines the skill and speed of martial arts with traditional wrestling moves.

韩海华将他所教授的斗牛形式描述为运用" 硬气功" 的爆发力，韩海华表示一形式是将武术的技巧和速统摔跤动作结合起来。

Please note that what we explore in this lesson is not connected only to American holidays — it can be used more generally to describe any kind of gift-giving event.

请注意，我们在本课中探讨的问题不仅仅美国的节日有关——它可以更广泛地用于描述任何形式的送礼活动。

We use this form for future events that are booked and already arranged, and which we consequently feel are definitely going to happen.

我们用种形式来描述一种我们已经记录下来或是安排好的而且我们觉得接下来一定会发生的事情。

Visual learners retain information best when they're depicted in a form of a graphic, such as arrows, charts, diagrams, and symbols.

当视觉型学习者学习形形式的描述时，比如有箭头、表、表和符号的信息，他们就能最好地记住它。

English speakers use certain verbs and verb forms to describe common evening activities.

英语使用者使用特定的动词和动词形式来描述常见的傍晚活动。

Launched in 1969, Interview made use of an experimental format to profile celebrities and cult icons.

于1969年推出，Interview杂志利用一种实验形式来描述名人和偶像。

Could that be described as a form of intelligence?

可以将其描述为一种智能形式吗？

Almost every sentence, or most sentences have adjectives or some form of description.

几乎每个句子， 或大多数句子都有形容词或某种形式的描述。

Within our family, we've got this first-hand account.

在我们家里，我们有段一手 accounts。 注：此处的 " accounts" 应该是指叙述或描述，翻译时可以更自然地表达为“叙述”或“描述”。但由于原文使用了复数形式，且考虑到上下文可能是指多个叙述或故事，因此可以翻译为“叙述”或“描述”的复数形式。不过，为了保持原文的贴近，里保留了“accounts”个词，并加了说明。更自然的翻译可以是：“在我们家里，我们有段一手的叙述。”

So this is a little bit different, but this is just a way of talking about a form of stress where you can't really focus on one thing because there are so many things and so nothing is getting your full attention.

种方式有点特别，但它是描述一种压力的形式，即由于事情太多，无法专注于某一件事情，结果导致任何事都无法得到你全部的注意力。

It might have been taken for a ghostly or phantasmagoric reflection of the old shop-keeper Pyncheon's shabbily provided shelves, save that some of the articles were of a description and outward form which could hardly have been known in his day.

它可能被认为是老店主 Pyncheon 陈旧的货架的幽灵或幻觉的反映，除了一物品的描述和外观形式在他那个时代几乎不为人所知。

And when John Smith made that first English reference to jerkin' beef, he was giving us an early form of the term beef jerky, which later became a popular meal or snack in North America.

当约翰·史密斯第一次提到“jerkin' beef” 时，他实际上是在描述一种早期形式的牛肉干，后来它成为北美地区一种流行的食物或零食。

Still, at the elegiac close of his book, the author describes depredations wrought on the coast that affect everyone: not just the rampant building, but the accompanying organised crime, corruption and social tensions.

尽管如此，在本书的结尾处，作者以挽歌的形式描述了海岸上发生的影响到每个人的掠夺：不仅仅是猖獗的建筑，还有随之而来的有组织犯罪、腐败和社会紧张局势。

If you accidentally say I'm boring or I'm not interesting, when you mean to say I'm not interested, right, that's when you need this, ing for things, ed for bread, right?

没错，正是如此。 如果你不小心说成了“我觉得无聊” 或“我不有趣”，而你本意是想说“我不感兴趣”，对吧？ 时候你就需要记住个原则：用“ing” 形式描述事物，用“ed” 形式表达感受， 对吧？

Even though my brother made it seem like not a huge deal and framed it as more of a formality, me, my mom, and my 28-month-old son cleared our schedules.

尽管我哥哥表现得似乎不是什么大事， 并将其描述为一种形式上的程序，但我、我妈妈和我那28个月大的儿子还是腾出了时间。