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characterize

美音:[´kerəktə´raız ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.表现...的特色,刻画的...性格

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名词:characterizer 动词过去式:characterized 过去分词:characterized 现在分词:characterizing 第三人称单数:characterizes

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characterize


/'kærəktəraɪz; `kærɪktə,raɪz/
v
1 [Cn.n/a] ~ sb/sth as sth describe or portray the character of sb/sth as sth 将某人[某事物]的特点描述成或刻画成某事物
*The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate. 这位小说家把女主人公刻画成反覆无常而又多情的人.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] be typical of (sb/sth); be characteristic of 表现(某人[某事物])的典型; 以...为特徵
*the rolling downs that characterize this part of England 英格兰这一地区特有的开阔的丘陵地
* The giraffe is characterized by its very long neck. 长颈鹿以其长颈为特徵.

characterize


v [T]
to describe the qualities of someone or something in a particular way
= portraycharacterize sb as (being) sth
 The group was characterized as being well-educated and liberal.
to be typical of a person, place, or thing
 Bright colours characterize his paintings.