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profile n.剖面,侧面,外形,轮廓 Profile comes from the Italian profilo, the thin colored border of cloth that outlines a garment. It came to mean any kind of sketch or outline, especially of faces. If someone compliments your profile means you look nice from the side (try outlining from other angles). If you have a criminal profile, your criminal record creates a picture of an active life of crime. A profile is also a drawing of the earth in cross-section, showing layers of crust. ★★★☆☆ 2001.5

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['prəufail] If a magazine editor asks you to write a profile of an up-and-coming novelist, she's asking you to write a biographical sketch, to give the readers a sense of the novelist as a person. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4[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。5[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。

英语单词	profile
英美音标	['prəufail]
中文释义	n.剖面,侧面,外形,轮廓
vocab简明	If a magazine editor asks you to write a profile of an up-and-coming novelist, she's asking you to write a biographical sketch, to give the readers a sense of the novelist as a person.
vocab扩展	Profile comes from the Italian profilo, the thin colored border of cloth that outlines a garment. It came to mean any kind of sketch or outline, especially of faces. If someone compliments your profile means you look nice from the side (try outlining from other angles). If you have a criminal profile, your criminal record creates a picture of an active life of crime. A profile is also a drawing of the earth in cross-section, showing layers of crust.
真题原句	A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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。 5 [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。
来源	2001.5

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