1 N-COUNT (人的)性格,个性;(地方的)特点 The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places. (人的)性格,个性;(地方的)特点
SYN personality, nature, make-up, cast
2 N-SING [oft in NOUN] 特点;特征;特色 If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality. 特点;特征;特色
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The financial concessions granted to British Aerospace were, he said, of a precarious character.
他说,向英国宇航公司给予财政优惠未获证实。
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The state farms were semi-military in character.
那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。
3 N-SING (某地人具有的)特点,特色,特征 You can use character to refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have. (某地人具有的)特点,特色,特征
4 N-COUNT [usually adjective NOUN] 人物;人 You use character to say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strange character, you mean they are strange. 人物;人
5 N-VAR 人品;品行 Your character is your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest. 人品;品行
SYN reputation, honour, integrity, good name
6 N-UNCOUNT (坚强的)个性,性格;人格力量 If you say that someone has character, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations. (坚强的)个性,性格;人格力量 [approval]
SYN courage, resolution, determination, guts [informal]
7 N-UNCOUNT (地方的)与众不同之处,特色 If you say that a place has character, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it. (地方的)与众不同之处,特色 [approval]
8 N-COUNT (电影、书、戏剧里的)人物,角色 The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about. (电影、书、戏剧里的)人物,角色
9 N-COUNT 有趣的人;怪人;滑稽的人 If you say that someone is a character, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing. 有趣的人;怪人;滑稽的人 [informal]
SYN eccentric, card [informal] , original, nut [slang]
10 N-COUNT 字母;数字;文字;字符 A character is a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed. 字母;数字;文字;字符
11 PHRASE 符合/不符合…的性格(或特点) If someone's actions are in character, they are doing what you would expect them to do, knowing what kind of person they are. If their actions are out of character, they are not doing what you would expect them to do. 符合/不符合…的性格(或特点)
Quotations
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life Goethe Torquato Tasso
Character is much easier kept than recovered Thomas Paine The American Crisis
A man's character is his fate Heraclitus On the Universe
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans Ronald Reagan
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing Abraham Lincoln
Fate and character are the same concept Novalis Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Word Partnership | Use character with: |
N. | character flaw, character trait 1 character in a book/film, cartoon character, character development 8 |
ADJ. | moral character 1 6 fictional character, main character, minor character 8 |
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