However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.

give descriptions ^{= descriptions which were given by people ...}

• make descriptions ^{作描述 descriptions made by people ...}
• We shall give brief descriptions of both models next.^{我们然后将提供两者模型的简短描述。}

非谓语动词做后置定语

• John had a very good day and put his wallet containing £3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping.
• For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass.
• movies directed by Zhang Yimou

done 做非谓语原因之一^{（状语从句的省略）}

• Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Tehran saved up for years to buy a real bed.

be extraordinarily similar ^非常相似

• be particularly alike ^写作替换
• had a lot in common ^{有很多共同点}
• look a little bit alike ^{看起来有点像(口语)}
• had considerable commonalities ^{相当于英语的”文言文“}

• Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.
• Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.
• A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.