characterize
verb(British English also characterise)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they characterize | |
| he / she / it characterizes | |
| past simple characterized | |
| past participle characterized | |
| -ing form characterizing |
- characterize somebody/something
to be typical of a person, place or thing 是…的特征；以…为典型 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? 你会如何描述20世纪90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
- characterize somebody/something
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘engrave, inscribe’): from French caractériser or medieval Latin characterizare, from Greek kharaktērizein, from kharaktēr ‘a stamping tool’.