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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. 他符合凶手的特征。 The magazine published a short profile of the new mayor. 该杂志发表了新市长的简介。 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta2The job profile suits his experience exactly. 这份工作完全符合他的经历。 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- detailed
- in-depth
- age
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- build
- build up
- construct
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- profile of
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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. 她的受欢迎程度对这项运动的影响很大。 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. 我们希望改善妇女健康问题的形象。 a campaign to boost the profile of the city as a cultural leader 提升这座城市作为文化领袖形象的运动
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- public
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- have
- give somebody/something
- boost
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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. 她向镜头展示了自己最好的一面。 - in profile
a picture of the president in profile 总统的侧面画像
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- handsome
- strong
- three-quarter
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- present
- examine
- study
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- in profile
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
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
the amount of attention somebody/something has from the public 惹人／不惹人注目；高／低姿态