profile
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.faɪl/us/ˈproʊ.faɪl/profilenoun[C](DESCRIPTION)
B2
ashortdescriptionof someone'slife,work,character, etc.
传略;人物简介informationabout a person'slife,work,interests, etc. on asocialnetworkingwebsite:
(社交网站上的)个人资料You canpostyourrelationshipstatusonyourFacebookprofile.你可以在脸书的“个人资料”栏发布你的关系状态。
- afinancial/socialprofile
- adetailedprofile of theauthor
Accounts and stories
- anecdote
- another
- anti-narrative
- be another storyidiom
- bodice-ripper
- brushstroke
- cautionary tale
- legend
- legendary
- lore
- misdescription
- multi-stranded
- myth
- rundown
- running commentaryphrase
- scenario
- shaggy-dog story
- short story
- strand
- writesomethingup
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Information and messages
Internet terminology
profilenoun[C](ATTENTION)
C1
theamountofpublicattentionandnoticethat somethingreceives:
公众注意We need toincreaseourcompany's profile inAsia.我们需要扩大公司在亚洲的影响力。
There is agrowingnumberof women inhigh-profilepositions(=positionswhich they arenoticed)in thegovernment.在备受注目的政府职位上,女性的数量在逐渐增长。
- Such high profilepositionscan be verystressful.
- Thekeytosuccessis to do more toraisethe profile of thecompany.
- We'llmaintaina high profile andensurethatpeopleareawareofouractivities.
- I don'tthinkhe's toopleasedwith you, so I'dkeepalowprofile if I were you.
- Theteamhas anappallingpublicprofile.
Media in general
- anti-press
- consume
- mainstream media
- media
- media event
- medium
- MSM
- non-broadcast
- organ
- press
- publishing
- the Fourth Estate
- the mass media
- vehicle
profilenoun[C](SIDE VIEW)
asideviewof a person'sface:
(面部的)侧面(像)Drawing profiles issomehoweasierthandrawingthefullface.不知为什么画侧面像要比画整张脸容易。
astrongprofile轮廓分明的侧影
Theactorisphotographedinprofile,smokingacigarette.这个演员被人从侧面拍了一张抽烟的照片。
The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- -necked
- cheekbone
- chin
- chiselled
- chop
- dimpled
- duck face
- frontal
- jowl
- mandible
- maxillofacial
- modiolus
- mug
- nucha
- nuchal
- physiognomy
- weak
Idiom
keep a low profile
profile
verb[T]
uk/ˈprəʊ.faɪl/us/ˈproʊ.faɪl/to write orpublishashortdescriptionof someone'slife,work,character, etc.:
Everyweekin thebookssectionof thepaperthey profile a differentauthor.
Thisweekwe profile the 20-year-old singer-songwriter.
topredictthelikelybehaviourordescriptionof someone such as acustomerorcriminal,basedon whatinformationyou have about them:
Salesdatacan be used to profilecustomers'behaviour.
Heclaimsnoofficerwouldeverenforcethelawby profiling aso-called"type" ofpersonorpeople.
- This is the first in anoccasionalseriesthat will profilelocalmusicians,actors, anddancers.
- Eachweekwe profile areaderandsharehertipsforlookingfabulous.
- This is agreatway to profileyouruserstoseewhat they'reinterestedin.
- Theairlinedeniedraciallyprofilingpassengers.
- Think ofpolice"profiling"driversandpullingover thewrongpeople.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adduce
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- demystify
- demythologize
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- misdescribe
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- outline
- trace