| 单词 | profile |
| 释义 | profile (once / 482 pages) 1nv 2nv 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. 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. WORD FAMILYprofile: profiled, profiles, profiling USAGE EXAMPLESIt posted photos of its adventures to its Twitter, Facebook and Instagram profiles, and it appeared to be well received. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) She landed on the Facebook profile for the most vile of her harassers. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) China’s eagerness to act, analysts say, also reflected a desire by the government to raise its profile on environmental issues. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side) Hyper side view a view from the side of something 2n a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers Hypo|Hyper soil profile a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock cross section a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis 3n an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics a biochemical profile of blood a psychological profile of serial killers Hypo|Hyper population profile a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages chart a visual display of information 4v represent in profile, by drawing or painting 2Hyper interpret, represent create an image or likeness of 1n biographical sketch Hyper biography, life, life history, life story an account of the series of events making up a person's life 2n degree of exposure to public notice Syn|Hypo|Hyper visibility low profile a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided salience, saliency, strikingness the state of being salient 3v write about The author of this article profiles a famous painter Hyper compose, indite, pen, write produce a literary work |
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