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profile

noun
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🔊/ˈprəʊfaɪl/
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  1.  
     a description of somebody/something that gives useful information概述；简介；传略
    • We first build up a detailed profile of our customers and their requirements.首先，我们建立起我们的客户及其需求的详细资料。🔊🔊
    • You can update your Facebook profile (= your description of yourself on a social media website).你可以更新你在 “脸书” 网站上的个人资料。🔊🔊
    • He fits the profile of the killer.他符合凶手的形象。
    • The magazine published a short profile of the new mayor.该杂志刊登了新市长的简短介绍。
    • a job/employee profile工作／雇员简介
    • His psychological profile is revealing.他的心理特征描述揭示了很多有用信息。
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    • The job profile suits his experience exactly.这份工作完全适合他的经验。
    • Margo was told to write a profile about him.马戈被告知要写一份关于自己的简介。
    • an in-depth profile of Boris Spassky and his career对鲍里斯・斯帕斯基及其职业生涯的深度剖析
    Topics Phones, email and the interneta2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • detailed
    • in-depth
    • age
    • …
    verb + profile
    • build
    • build up
    • construct
    • …
    preposition
    • profile of
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  2.  
     the general impression that somebody/something gives to the public and the amount of attention they receive印象；形象
    • Her popularity has done great things for the profile of the sport.她的受欢迎程度为这项运动赢得了很多成就。
    • The deal will certainly raise the company's international profile.这宗交易肯定会提高这家公司的国际形象。🔊🔊
    • We want to improve the profile of women’s health issues.我们希望改善对妇女健康问题的关注。
    • a campaign to boost the profile of the city as a cultural leader一场旨在提升城市作为文化领袖地位的运动
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • public
    • …
    verb + profile
    • have
    • give somebody/​something
    • boost
    • …
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  3. the outline of a person’s face when you look from the side, not the front面部的侧影；侧面轮廓
    • his strong profile他轮廓清晰的侧影
    • She presented her best profile to the camera.她向相机展示了她的最佳个人资料。
    • in profile a picture of the president in profile总统的侧面画像
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • handsome
    • strong
    • three-quarter
    • …
    verb + profile
    • present
    • examine
    • study
    • …
    preposition
    • in profile
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  4. the edge or outline of something that you see against a background外形；轮廓
    • the profile of the tower against the sky天空映衬下塔楼的轮廓
    5. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).
Idioms
a high/low profile
  1. the amount of attention somebody/something has from the public惹人／不惹人注目；高／低姿态
    • This issue has had a high profile in recent months.近几个月来，这个议题一直是关注的焦点。🔊🔊
    • I advised her to keep a low profile for the next few days (= not to attract attention).我建议她未来几天保持低调。🔊🔊
    • The story was given a low profile in today's papers.今天的报纸低调报道了这件事。

profile

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they profile
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he / she / it profiles
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past simple profiled
🔊/ˈprəʊfaɪld/
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past participle profiled
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-ing form profiling
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  1. profile somebody/something to give or write a description of somebody/something that gives the most important information扼要介绍；概述；写简介
    • His career is profiled in this month's journal.这期月刊概述了他的工作生涯。🔊🔊
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).