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characterize

verb
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪz/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪz/
(British English also characterise)
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they characterize
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪz/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪz/
he / she / it characterizes
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzɪz/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzɪz/
past simple characterized
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzd/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzd/
past participle characterized
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzd/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzd/
-ing form characterizing
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkærəktəraɪzɪŋ/
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  1.  
    characterize somebody/something to be typical of a person, place or thing是…的特征；以…为典型
    • the rolling hills that characterize this part of England成为英格兰这一地区特征的绵延起伏的丘陵地
    • The city is characterized by tall modern buildings in steel and glass.这座城市的特点是钢铁和玻璃建造的现代化高楼大厦林立。🔊🔊
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    to describe or show the qualities of somebody/something in a particular way描述，刻画，表现（…的特征、特点）
    • characterize somebody/something How would you characterize the mood of the 1990s?您如何表征1990年代的情绪？
    • characterize somebody/something as something activities that are characterized as ‘male’ or ‘female’ work被描述为 “男性” 或 “女性” 工作的各种活动
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘engrave, inscribe’): from French caractériser or medieval Latin characterizare, from Greek kharaktērizein, from kharaktēr ‘a stamping tool’.