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英语单词 define
英美音标 英 [dɪ'faɪn] 美 [dɪ'faɪn]
中文释义 v.规定;限定;定义;解释
英语例句 (1) We should clearly define the scope of our research.
(2) The bank needs to define and delegate the responsibilities related to the various aspects of its marketing programme.
(3) The dependent claim shall,by additional technical features,further define the claim which it refers to.
(4) The section defines the extent of application of the Act.
(5) How do you define laziness?
(6) We can define marital felicity accurately.
(7) Some have even defined genius to be only common sense intensified.
中文例句 (1) 我们应该明确规定我们的研究范围。
(2) 银行必须规定并授予与营销计划有关的各项职权。
(3) 从属权利要求应当用附加的技术特征,对引用的权利要求作进一步限定。
(4) 该条款用来限定该法令的适用范围。
(5) 你是怎么定义懒惰的呢?
(6) 我们能够给美满婚姻下个准确定义。
(7) 有人甚至将天赋解释为只是增强的常识。
vocabulary简明 If you can't define a word, turn to the dictionary. That's always the best way to learn the definition. Likewise, anything you can describe completely is something you can define.
vocabulary扩展 The early French and Latin roots of the verb mean something closer to "to limit" or "to create a boundary," but this is really what we do when we define something: we limit its meaning to something specific. So when you're thinking about the word define, remember that you're looking to create a boundary of meaning around it, whether you're specifying the meaning of a word or a larger concept. To define a word such as astronomy is to define both the word and the realm of science that it's concerned with.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]阐明;规定;限定;使明确 If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
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  • We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him...

    我们说不清楚他到底哪里不对劲。

  • He was asked to define his concept of cool.

    他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。

defined
  • ...a party with a clearly defined programme and strict rules of membership.

    纲领明确、准入条件严格的政党

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[VERB 动词]给…下定义;解释 If you define a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.
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  • When people are asked 'What is intelligence?' they tend to reply: 'I don't know how to define it, but I can certainly recognize it when I see it.'...

    当被问及“智力是什么”的时候,人们往往会回答说:“我不知道该如何定义它,但我见到了肯定就能认得出。”

  • Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as 'a person obsessively addicted to work'.

    《柯林斯英语词典》给“工作狂”一词下的定义是“一个过分沉溺于工作中的人”。

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