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…爲典型 to describe or show the qualities of somebody/something in a particular way 描述,刻畫,表現(…的特征、特點) - characterize somebody/something
How would you characterize the mood of the 1990s? 你會如何描述20世紀90年代的情緒? - characterize somebody/something as something
activities that are characterized as ‘male’ or ‘female’ work 被描述爲 “男性” 或 “女性” 工作的各種活動
- 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’.