He described it as 'a very agreeable situation locat ed within two small hills in the midst of
which flowed a great river.' describe something as… 把某物描述成… -- I should describe the attempt as a failure. 我把这次尝试描述成失败。 后面可以加as的动词:see, view, look upon, recognize, regard, treat, accept His mother regards him as genius.
span n.跨度〔时间或空间〕 Over a span of 10 years,the company has made great strides.(长足的进步〕 life span 寿命;一生 enjoy a long life span a short attention span 短期注意力 It is a very pretty butterfly,
Though Verrazano is by no means considered t o be a great explorer, his name will probablyre main immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, th e longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.
完工后的维拉萨诺海峡大桥因比金门大桥长所以成为当时全世界最长的悬索桥直到1981年位于英格兰赫尔的亨伯桥完工
The longest suspension bridge in the world