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characterize vt.表示 ... 的典型；赋予 ... 特色 (1) 这位小说家把女主人公刻画成变化无常而又多情的人。(2) 他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。(3) 你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。(4) 他大胆的绘画和所有的暖色调表现了他独有的绘画特色。 See the word character in characterize? Two meanings of character can help you understand this word. We all have character, meaning we all have unique personalities. Also, characters are people in books, movies, plays, and TV shows. Characterizing has to do with summing up how a person acts in real life or is portrayed in a work of fiction.

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英 ['kærəktəraɪz] 美 ['kærəktəraɪz] (1) The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate.(2) He may be characterized as a man of hobbies.(3) Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details.(4) Bold outlines and warm colors characterize his dominate style in painting. To characterize someone is to describe them in a certain way, to try to pin down his or her personality. If you say your dad is stingy, you are characterizing him as a miser. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 characterise1[VERB 动词]使具有特点 If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.   [be V-ed by n]  [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]This election campaign has been characterized by violence...暴力行为已成为这次竞选活动的一大特点。A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom.这间卧室的特点是用色大胆。2[VERB 动词]描绘；描述 If you characterize someone or something as a particular thing, you describe them as that thing.   [V n as adj/n]  [FORMAL 正式]Both companies have characterized the relationship as friendly...两家公司都认为彼此之间关系友好。This play is characterized as a comedy.这出戏被认为是喜剧。characterizationI don't fully agree with that characterization of the welfare system.我并不完全同意对福利制度的描述。

英语单词	characterize
英美音标	英 ['kærəktəraɪz] 美 ['kærəktəraɪz]
中文释义	vt.表示 ... 的典型；赋予 ... 特色
英语例句	(1) The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate. (2) He may be characterized as a man of hobbies. (3) Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details. (4) Bold outlines and warm colors characterize his dominate style in painting.
中文例句	(1) 这位小说家把女主人公刻画成变化无常而又多情的人。 (2) 他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。 (3) 你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。 (4) 他大胆的绘画和所有的暖色调表现了他独有的绘画特色。
vocabulary简明	To characterize someone is to describe them in a certain way, to try to pin down his or her personality. If you say your dad is stingy, you are characterizing him as a miser.
vocabulary扩展	See the word character in characterize? Two meanings of character can help you understand this word. We all have character, meaning we all have unique personalities. Also, characters are people in books, movies, plays, and TV shows. Characterizing has to do with summing up how a person acts in real life or is portrayed in a work of fiction.
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 characterise 1 [VERB 动词]使具有特点 If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it. [be V-ed by n] [V n] [FORMAL 正式] This election campaign has been characterized by violence... 暴力行为已成为这次竞选活动的一大特点。 A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom. 这间卧室的特点是用色大胆。 2 [VERB 动词]描绘；描述 If you characterize someone or something as a particular thing, you describe them as that thing. [V n as adj/n] [FORMAL 正式] Both companies have characterized the relationship as friendly... 两家公司都认为彼此之间关系友好。 This play is characterized as a comedy. 这出戏被认为是喜剧。 characterization I don't fully agree with that characterization of the welfare system. 我并不完全同意对福利制度的描述。

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