1、I will only say that of late years I have tried to write less picturesquely and more exactly.
這里我只能說，近幾年來，我竭力減少生動形象的描寫，盡量寫得更謹嚴簡練。

2、The inn is picturesquely situated on the banks of the river.
小客棧坐落在河畔，構(gòu)成一幅美麗的圖畫。

3、The historian Yakut described it picturesquely as a "mother of castles".
烀歷史學(xué)家雅庫特把它形象地描述為“城堡之母”。