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单词 characterize
释义
characterize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycharacterise)
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tə.raɪz/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ.aɪz/
Something that characterizes another thing istypicalof it:
是…的特征；为…所特有
Brightcoloursandboldstrokescharacterize his earlypaintings.明亮的色彩和大胆的笔触是他早期绘画作品的特征。
todescribesomething bystatingitsmainqualities:
归纳…的特征；描述…的特性
In heressay, she characterizes thewholeeraasaperiodofradicalchange.她在文章中将整个时代的特征归纳为一个急剧变化的时期。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
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  • archetypically
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  • betoken
  • genre
  • instantiate
  • mirror
  • Mr
  • Mrs
  • on-brand
  • sum
  • summation
  • symbolic
  • symbolize
  • symptomatic
  • tantamount
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Defining & explaining
(Definition ofcharacterizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

characterize| American Dictionary

characterize
verb[T]
us
/ˈkær·ək·təˌrɑɪz/
to have as atypicalquality:
Thecurrentsystemischaracterizedbyobsoletetechnology.
To characterize something alsomeanstodescribeit bystatingitsmainqualities:
Shecharacterizedthenovelaswordyinplacesbut veryfunny.
(Definition ofcharacterizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcharacterize

characterize
The lexical cohesion is characterized in this case by the distribution of words in texts.
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Fluctuation between one address term and another in the encounters characterized by alternation is discussed in more detail in the next section.
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Their definition makes clear that multilingual education is most of all characterized by its complex nature.
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Recently it has been constructively characterized in sociology as an analytic distinction rather than a concrete dichotomy (ibid., p. 1).
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They have to do with what people think characterizes them as a group that is different from others.
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All languages contain some metalinguistic terminology for characterizing different aspects of their own structure and use.
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We end this section by introducing a subclass of processes that are characterized by bodies.
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Fashion adver tisements for this type of garb are frequently characterized by bilingualism.
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The text material is generally characterized by complex sentence structures influenced by the fact that it lies mostly within the juridical domain.
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A period is characterized by a stable group of locutor-agents in the conversation.
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The role of a can be characterized in two ways.
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Because of the nonlinearities characterizing the production and utility functions, households generally would prefer to produce the same amount of output in each period.
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In line with the existing literature, we assume that he or she also knows the natural unemployment rate, the policymaker's preferences, the parameters characterizing eq.
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When is positive, household preferences are characterized by habit persistence.
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As can be seen, the resulting distribution is characterized by significant excess kurtosis and slight positive skewness.
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