英语词汇“characterize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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.

WORD FAMILY

characterize: characterization, characterized, characterizes, characterizing+/character: charactered, charactering, characterise, characteristic, characterize, characterless, characters/characterisation: characterisations/characterise: characterisation, characterised, characterises, characterising/characteristic: characteristically, characteristicly, characteristics, uncharacteristic/characterization: characterizations/uncharacteristic: uncharacteristically

USAGE EXAMPLES

Much like a local congregation, there is a sense of family that characterizes we “12s.”

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The advocate characterizes cognitive behavioral therapy as “an expert doing something to” a patient, whereas the movement’s approach disrupts that hierarchy.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

But remarkably high temperatures characterized August and September.

Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)

1v be characteristic of

What characterizes a Venetian painting?

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

characterise

individuate

give individual character to

define

determine the nature of

differentiate, distinguish, mark

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

2v describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist
This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

characterise, qualify

differentiate, distinguish, mark

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

stamp

reveal clearly as having a certain character

characterise

be characteristic of

remember, think of

keep in mind for attention or consideration

单词	characterize
释义	characterize (once / 466 pages) v 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. 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. WORD FAMILY characterize: characterization, characterized, characterizes, characterizing+/character: charactered, charactering, characterise, characteristic, characterize, characterless, characters/characterisation: characterisations/characterise: characterisation, characterised, characterises, characterising/characteristic: characteristically, characteristicly, characteristics, uncharacteristic/characterization: characterizations/uncharacteristic: uncharacteristically USAGE EXAMPLES Much like a local congregation, there is a sense of family that characterizes we “12s.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The advocate characterizes cognitive behavioral therapy as “an expert doing something to” a patient, whereas the movement’s approach disrupts that hierarchy. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But remarkably high temperatures characterized August and September. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1v be characteristic of What characterizes a Venetian painting? Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper characterise individuate give individual character to define determine the nature of differentiate, distinguish, mark be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense 2v describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper characterise, qualify differentiate, distinguish, mark be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense stamp reveal clearly as having a certain character characterise be characteristic of remember, think of keep in mind for attention or consideration
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