[N-COUNT 可数名词]侧面像;侧影像 Your profile is the outline of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side.
His handsome profile was turned away from us.
他英俊的侧影从我们眼前转开了。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](从)侧面(看) If you see someone in profile, you see them from the side.
[in N]
This picture shows the girl in profile.
这张照片照的是女孩的侧面。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]人物简介;传略 A profile of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described.
[with supp]
A newspaper published profiles of the candidates' wives.
一家报纸刊登了几位候选人夫人的简介。
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[VERB 动词]为…作传略 To profile someone means to give an account of that person's life and character.
[V n]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
Tamar Golan, a Paris-based journalist, profiles the rebel leader.
驻巴黎记者塔玛·戈兰对反叛者的首领进行了介绍。
profiling
...a former FBI agent who pioneered psychological profiling in the 1970s.
在20世纪70年代开创了心理画像的前联邦调查局探员
DNA profiling has aided the struggle against crime.
DNA分析对于打击犯罪有所帮助。
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[PHRASE 短语]See also:
high-profile
;高调/低调;高姿态/低姿态 If someone has a high profile, people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low profile, you avoid doing things that will make people notice you.
[PHR after v]
...a move that would give Egypt a much higher profile in the upcoming peace talks...
能使埃及在未来的和谈中更加引人关注的举动
Football is a high profile business...
足球是一个引人注目的产业。
The police deliberately kept a low profile in most places.
警方在大多数地方有意保持低调。
Oxford
pro·file/ˈprəʊfaɪl; NAmEˈproʊfaɪl/
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verb
profileprofilesprofiledprofilingnoun1the outline of a person's face when you look from the side, not the front 面部的侧影;侧面轮廓◆his strong profile他轮廓清晰的侧影◆a picture of the president in profile总统的侧面画像2a description of sb/sth that gives useful information 概述;简介;传略◆a job/employee profile工作╱雇员简介◆We first build up a detailed profile of our customers and their requirements.首先,我们建立起我们的客户及其需求的详细资料。◆You can update your Facebook profile (= your description of yourself on a social networkingwebsite). 你可以更新你在“脸谱”网站上的个人资料。3the general impression that sb/sth gives to the public and the amount of attention they receive 印象;形象◆The deal will certainly raise the company's international profile.这宗交易肯定会提高这家公司的国际形象。4the edge or outline of sth that you see against a background 外形;轮廓◆the profile of the tower against the sky天空映衬出塔楼的轮廓IDIOMa ˌhigh/ˌlow ˈprofilethe amount of attention sb/sth has from the public 惹人╱不惹人注目;高╱低姿态◆This issue has had a high profile in recent months.近几个月来,这个议题一直是关注的焦点。◆I advised her to keep a low profilefor the next few days (= not to attract attention).我建议她未来几天保持低姿态。verbprofilesb/sth to give or write a description of sb/sth that gives the most important information 扼要介绍;概述;写简介◆His career is profiled in this month's journal.这期月刊概述了他的工作生涯。pro·file/ˈprəʊfaɪl; NAmEˈproʊfaɪl/
1profilehead a side view of someone’s head: Dani has a lovely profile.in profile I only saw her face in profile.2description a short description that gives important details about a person, a group of people, or a place: a job profileprofile of a short profile of the actor3high profile something that is high profile is noticed by many people or gets a lot of attention: Jack runs a department with a high public profile. The star has a high profile in Britain.4keep a low profile to behave quietly and avoid doing things that will make people notice you5raise somebody’s profile if a person or an organization raises its profile, it gets more attention from the public: an advertising campaign designed to raise the bank’s profile6shape an edge or a shape of something seen against a background: the sharp profile of the western foothills against the sky
profile1 noun
profile2 verb
profileprofile2 verb [transitive]
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to write or give a short description of someone or something: The new Chief Executive was profiled in yesterday’s newspaper.
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