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单词 character
释义
character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/

characternoun(QUALITY)

B1[CorU]
theparticularcombinationofqualitiesin apersonorplacethat makes them different fromothers:
性格，个性；特征
Politeness istraditionallypartof the British character.待人礼貌客气历来是英国人性格的一部分。
It would be veryout ofcharacter(= nottypical)of her tolie.撒谎可不符合她的个性。
One of the joys of being aparentiswatchingthe child's characterdevelop.为人父母的一大乐趣就是观察孩子的性格发展。
Theideawas tomodernizevariousaspectsof thehousewithoutchangingitsessentialcharacter.这个设想就是使房子各方面现代化而不改变它的基本特征。
It's notin hischaracter to be(= he is not usually)jealous.他不是个爱嫉妒的人。
B2[U]
qualitiesthat areinterestingandunusual:
风格，特色，特点
ahotelofcharacter独具特色的酒店
I'dpreferanoldplacewith abitof character.我偏爱有特色的老地方。
Oldbooksare said to give aroomcharacter.据说旧书能使房间别具一格。
Aspeoplegrowolder,theirfacesacquiremore character.随着年龄的增长，人的脸会越来越具有个性。
[U]
thequalityof beingdeterminedandabletodealwithdifficultsituations:
勇气；坚强性格
She has suchstrengthofcharacter.她个性很强。
More examples
  • Theareawhere Igrewup has been allmodernizedand haslostallitsoldcharacter.
  • It's verytasteful,theirhouse, but I can'thelpthinkingitlacksa little character.
  • Closing thefactorywouldirrevocablyalterthe character of thelocalcommunityfor theworse.
  • There's amarkedcontrastbetween his character and hers.
  • The way hedrivessays a lot about his character.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mind and personality
  • allism
  • allistic
  • alter ego
  • ambivert
  • ASC
  • Asperger's syndrome
  • human nature
  • id
  • identify
  • identity
  • in the person ofsomeoneidiom
  • jib
  • noetic
  • noggin
  • non-identity
  • noodle
  • on the spectrumidiom
  • psychoanalysis
  • subconscious
  • vantage point
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Conditions and characteristics
Exceptional qualities, things and people
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
Strength of will and determination

characternoun(IN A STORY)

B1[C]
apersonrepresentedin afilm,play, orstory:
（电影、戏剧或故事中的）人物，角色
Thefilmrevolvesaround threemaincharacters.电影围绕3位主角展开。
She hadMickeyMouseor some othercartoon/Disney character on hersweater.她的毛衣上有米老鼠或另外其他的卡通／迪斯尼人物的图案。
He made hisnameas a characteractor(= anactorwhoplaysunusualand oftenhumorouspeople).他以性格演员著称。
More examples
  • The Incredible Hulk is a character in acomicwhoturnsfrom ascientistinto a two-metretallmonster.
  • Michelle is thecentralfemalecharacter in ITV'slatestcomedyseries.
  • In themovieshe'sdepictedas a verycoldandcalculatingcharacter.
  • The characters in thebookare juststereotypes.
  • Charles Schulzcreatedthe characters 'Snoopy' and 'CharlieBrown'.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Literature
  • action hero
  • alliterative
  • alternative history
  • anapest
  • anti-literary
  • femslash
  • fictionality
  • fictive
  • free verse
  • genre fiction
  • ode
  • passion play
  • pentameter
  • poem
  • poesy
  • tartan noir
  • theatrics
  • topos
  • tragedy
  • tragicomic
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characternoun(PERSON)

C2[C]
aperson,especiallywhen you aredescribingaparticularqualitythat they have:
（尤指具有某一特点的）人
She's acuriouscharacter - I don't reallyknowwhat tothinkof her.她真是个怪人——我真不知道该怎样评价她。
There were one or two strange-looking charactershangingaround thebar.有一两个样子奇怪的人在酒吧里转来转去。
C1[C]informal
someone whosebehaviouris different from most people's,especiallyin a way that isinterestingorfunny:
与众不同的人；（尤指）有趣的人，好玩的人
Ted'squiteacharacter/arealcharacter - he's 70 now and stillridingthatmotorbike.特德真是个有趣的人——现在都70岁了，还骑着那辆摩托车。
More examples
  • She's aratheroddcharacter.
  • There were somedodgylookingcharactershangingaround.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in general
  • beggar
  • bird
  • bod
  • body
  • coot
  • devil
  • fellow man/men
  • figure
  • guy
  • landlubber
  • loiterer
  • lubber
  • mankind
  • party
  • peeps
  • person
  • sod
  • stiff
  • vessel
  • wretch
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Exceptional qualities, things and people

characternoun(MARK)

C1[C]
aletter,number, or othermarkorsignused in writing orprinting, or thespaceone of thesetakes:
（书写或印刷的）字母，字（或数字、标记、符号）；字符
astringofcharacters(= alineofmarks)一串符号
Theaddresswas written inChinese/Japanesecharacters(=systemsof writing).地址是用汉字／日文写的。
Thecomputerscreenon thislaptopis 66 characters(=spaces)wide.这台笔记本电脑的屏幕有66个字符宽。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lettering & alphabets
  • ABC
  • all caps
  • alphabet
  • alphabetically
  • ascender
  • Braillist
  • camel case
  • cuneiform
  • hieroglyphics
  • initial
  • penmanship
  • phonetic
  • pictogram
  • pictograph
  • pinyin
  • roman
  • Roman alphabet
  • shorthand
  • upper case
  • vowel
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(Definition ofcharacterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

character| American Dictionary

character
noun
us
/ˈkær·ək·tər/

characternoun(QUALITY)

[C/U]
theparticularcombinationof things about apersonorplace,esp. things you cannotsee, that make thatpersonorplacedifferent fromothers:
[C]Theideawas tomodernizethehousewithoutchangingitshomeycharacter.
[C/U]
Character is often used in apositiveway tomeanqualitiesthat areinterestingandunusual:
[U]It’s atheaterwith a lot of character.

characternoun(PERSON)

[C]literature
apersonrepresentedin amovie,play, orstory:
Thestoryrevolvesaround threemaincharacters.
[C]
A character is also aperson,esp. withreferenceto aparticularqualitythat thepersonhas:
There were one or two suspicious-looking charactershangingaround.

characternoun(MARK)

[C]grammar
aletter,number, or othermarkorsignused in writing orprinting, or thespaceone of thesetakes:
Thiscomputerscreenis 66 characterswide.
(Definition ofcharacterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

character| Business English

character
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkærəktər/us
IT
aletter,number, or othersymbolused in writing,especiallyinprintedtextor on acomputer:
Click on the "wordcount"tooltofindout how manylines, words, or characters are inyourdocument.
(Definition ofcharacterfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcharacter

character
Fourth, the experience strikes us as ineffable, that is, though you experience it as possessing various qualities, the exact qualitativecharacterescapes description in words.
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It was not our aim to deny that there is experience, nor to deny that experience has a qualitativecharacter.
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The qualitativecharacterof men and women's friendships was often distinctive, although mediated by social class and area differences.
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Thecharacterof these boundary conditions is that of two coupled second-order ordinary differential equations.
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Note that this phenomenon has a purely inertialcharacter; viscous forces cannot prevent it, although these forces guarantee the space regularity of the solution.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It advocates a new, more (patient) protective model which should generate confidence in the ethicalcharacterof contemporary innovatory practices.
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For each of the six trials, children were asked to predict the returning character's false belief.
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While thecharacterwas absent, anothercharacterremoved the object from the location, and replaced it with a different object.
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They were explicitly told that some of the characters have features that could help them choose and some did not.
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On a day-to-day level, re-ection of a mediationalcharacterwas drawn into teaching sessions across the entire course.
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Individual scientists may even be supposed to have a "character," analogous to the characters studied by psychologists.
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Symbolic talk involves talk about play characters, their imagined actions, speech, and states, and characteristics of the imagined story setting.
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Here, a story-completion approach was also used around attachment and emotion themes, and children were asked to complete the stories and describe the characters' feelings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As noted earlier, defining neighborhoods or examining neighborhoodcharacteris not as straightforward a task as it may seem.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The material within the book is varied incharacter, ranging from valuable scholarly analysis to sermons, and to that which tends towards the hagiographical.
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Collocationswithcharacter

character

These are words often used in combination withcharacter.

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alphanumeric character
Labels are typically alphanumeric characters attached to a shape.
From theCambridge English Corpus
animated character
The details of the posture ananimatedcharactermust take in each key-frame is resolved with a process called inverse kinematics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
central character
The basic conflict and resolution are generally simple: an obstacle comes between thecentralcharacterand desired object.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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