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the various aspects of a person’s character that combine to make them different from other people 性格；个性；人格 His wife has a strong personality. 他妻子的个性很强。 My outgoing personality has definitely helped me succeed. 我外向的性格绝对帮助我取得了成功。 He maintained order by sheer force of personality. 他凭借强大的人格力量维护秩序。 normal human personality traits (= qualities), such as shyness 正常的人类性格特征，如害羞 Participants identified their own personality type and explored the implications. 参与者确定了自己的性格类型，并探讨了其中的含义。 The characters' names reflect their personalities. 角色的名字反映了他们的个性。 There are likely to be tensions and personality clashes in any social group. 任何社会团体都容易出现关系紧张和性格冲突。 People’s clothes are often an expression of their personality. 人们的衣服往往是他们个性的一种表现。
Extra ExamplesBarbara has a very forceful personality. 芭芭拉个性很强。 For the first time she was seeing the more unpleasant aspects of her husband's personality. 她第一次看到了丈夫个性中不那么令人愉快的方面。 From your personality profile, it seems you're interested in politics. 从你的个性分析结果来看，你似乎对政治感兴趣。 He has achieved success by the sheer strength of his personality. 他全凭自己人格的力量获得了成功。 His choice of clothes reflects his personality. 他对衣服的选择反映了他的个性。 She manages to project a very distinct personality. 她设法表现出非常鲜明的个性。 She stamped her personality on the company. 公司带有她鲜明的个性色彩。 The events of her early life shaped her personality. 她童年经历的事塑造了她的个性。 The job didn't really suit my personality. 这项工作并不太适合我的性格。 There was a personality clash between two members of the committee. 两名委员会成员性格不合。 a troubled man who had a vulnerable personality 一个性格脆弱、忧心忡忡的人 her amiable nature and easy-going personality 她和蔼的性格和随和的个性 personality conflicts between a faculty member and a student 师生之间的性格冲突 Her clothes reflect her lively personality. 她的衣服反映了她活泼的个性。 All candidates have to undergo a personality test. 所有候选人都必须接受个性测试。 He developed a split personality after the crash (= began to suffer from split-personality disorder). 那次撞车后他变得人格分裂了。 The children all have very different personalities. 孩子们的性格各不相同。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bright
- bubbly
- extrovert
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- be
- have
- develop
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- type
- characteristic
- quirk
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- an aspect of somebody’s personality
- a side of somebody’s personality
- a clash of personalities
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the qualities of a person’s character that make them interesting and attractive 魅力；气质；气度 We need someone with lots of personality to head the project. 我们需要一位富有魅力的人来主持这个项目。 She was very beautiful but seemed to lack personality. 她很漂亮，但似乎缺乏个性。
Extra ExamplesHe had no screen presence and lacked any real personality. 他在屏幕上没有表现力，缺乏真正的个性。 He has the presence and personality to hold audiences spellbound. 他的存在和个性让观众着迷。 She has brought out her husband's personality since their relationship began. 从他们谈恋爱以来，她就让丈夫完全释放出其个性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bright
- bubbly
- extrovert
- …
- be
- have
- develop
- …
- type
- characteristic
- quirk
- …
- an aspect of somebody’s personality
- a side of somebody’s personality
- a clash of personalities
- …
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a famous person, especially one who works in entertainment or sport 名人，风云人物（尤指娱乐界或体育界的） a well-known TV/radio/sports personality 著名的电视/广播/体育名人 Various personalities from the world of music were invited. 邀请了音乐界的许多名流。
Extra ExamplesIn a viewers' poll he was voted TV Personality of the Year. 在一次观众投票中，他被选为年度电视圈名人。 a broadcast network with well-known on-air personalities 拥有知名播音员的广播网
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
- great
- important
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- cult
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a person whose strong character attracts attention 性格鲜明的人；有突出个性的人 - [uncountable]
the qualities of a place or thing that make it interesting and different 特色；特征
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to the fact of being a person rather than an animal or thing): from Old French personalite, from medieval Latin personalitas, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the late 18th cent.