Definition of profile in English:

profile

noun ˈprəʊfʌɪlˈproʊˌfaɪl

1An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side.
（尤指人面部的）侧面；侧影；轮廓；外形
the man turned and she caught his profile
那男子转过身，她看见了他的侧面。
Example sentencesExamples
- I was speechless as I stared at the side profile of his face.
- The guy turned slightly and Rika managed to catch his side profile.
- I came out of the shower not too long ago and looked at my side profile in the mirror.
- Once he had finished dressing he stood in front of the mirror and smiled proudly at his side profile.
- Germany's Bild newspaper accused Mercedes of copying its Munich-based rival and published pictures of the two cars' interiors, tails and side profiles, asking readers to spot the difference.
- Lynn was wearing too much makeup, like always, and her side profile made her nose look like it protruded too far out from the rest of her face.
- It turns heads with its front, side and rear profiles.
- The side skirt profiles of the Haddonfield tables all rise in the center whereas this one drops.
- I have been told that my side profile is less rotund.
- She studied herself from the front, then turned to the side and inspected her profile.
Synonyms
side view, outline, silhouette, contour, shape, form, figure, lines
1. 1.1 A vertical cross section of a structure.
  纵断面，剖面
  skilfully made vessels with an S-shaped profile
  制作精良的纵断面为S型的容器。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The front contrasts with the vertical profile of the rear and its wide wings highlighted by elongated, horizontal lamps.
  Fig.4 A compares the profile from the crystal structure with the profiles from the expanded states, revealing a number of features.
  Overall, the simulation secondary structure profiles closely resemble those of the crystal conformations.
  Various vertical Z-sections and fluorescence profiles across the cells were analyzed.
  The profile is the cross-section of a wheel (looking head on).
  It is likely that because of reflectance from the chamber walls the vertical profile of PPFD is altered, especially during episodes of direct sunshine.
2. 1.2Geography An outline of part of the earth's surface, e.g. the course of a river, as seen in a vertical section.
  〔地理〕（地球表面纵断面的）轮廓（如河流走向）
  in soft rocks a profile drawn normally to the beach would show a concave form comparable with the long profile of a river
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Dzhabyk batholith crops out along the entire surface trace of the profile.
  The river profile and the integrity of the stream channel are not besmirched by watering stock, gravel mining or indiscriminate recreational use.
  Figure 5 compares observed topographic profiles of the plateau surface of north Oxfordshire to the predictions of the unloading model.
  In the upper half of the shaft, there are sharp anterior and posterior ridges and a less significant lateral ridge, giving a triangular profile in cross section.
  The URSEIS seismic profile images the 2D crustal profile from the surface outcrop of the Dzhabyk batholith to the upper mantle.
  This provides a significant improvement on the dating of sand accumulation and dune migration through sampling at arbitrary depths, in vertical profiles through pits or boreholes.
  This assumption is reasonable because the maximum likelihood estimates of early Cretaceous and Neogene palaeogeothermal profiles are both similar to the present-day gradient.
3. 1.3 A flat outline piece of scenery on stage.
  （舞台的）平面布景
2A short article giving a description of a person or organization.
传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况
a profile of a Texas tycoon
得克萨斯一商界巨头的简介。
Example sentencesExamples
- There'll be at least an extra column every Thursday on our website, where track descriptions, driver profiles and results also will be found.
- The other article was a profile on noted Minneapolis artist Armajani and his newest exhibit.
- Even for the short profiles of the individual Pacific Islands nations and territories, not one of the authors is an indigenous Pacific Islander.
- He wrote a short profile on each member of the panel that was on board the plane that evening.
- The Guardian also has a short profile, with some links to other articles…
- His most recent feature article was a profile of Elaine Pagels in the November 2004 issue.
- I was reading this Guardian article on customer profiles of supermarket shoppers, and it got me thinking about my own habits.
- He also slides in short profiles of the key players, including Turner's nemesis Gerald Levin, who was then CEO of the new Time Warner AOL.
- The idea is simple: 99 people, products, services or organizations that are remarkable, each with a short profile.
- Live Wire also contains backstage stories and profiles, including an article on Jon Marans as background for Old Wicked Songs.
Synonyms
description, account, study, portrait, portrayal, depiction, rundown, sketch, outline
1. 2.1 (on a social media website or application) a user's summary of their personal details or current situation.
  he posted the pictures on his Facebook profile
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ever since we set up the Londonist personals service we've been keeping a close eye on the portraits people have been uploading to their profiles.
  After installation, it will find your user profile, so that all your stored mail and addresses should appear automatically.
  This is where you can look at your profile, including address and other contact information, change your preferences, look at your purchase history, funds into your account, and manage any labels or artists you may have listed.
  His photo and blog profile complement an article that reveals 19 % of people never drink alcohol, 48 % of car drivers have had a drink before driving and 51 % believe drink driving is just as bad as having unprotected sex.
  Heck, make a profile and post on our messageboard.
  On fansites you often have a user profile where readers can see what job you do, what age you are, etc.
  Nearly half of those who have tried an online dating service (44%) have come across an online profile of someone they know, such as an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, when they were surfing through profiles.
  Of these, 10% say they have been caught by their boss or manager while surfing or responding to online profiles.
3in singular The extent to which a person or organization attracts public notice.
（人或机构的）公众关注度
raising the profile of women in industry
提高妇女在工业界的形象。
Example sentencesExamples
- We must also raise the public profile of the very severe problems of the arable sector, which are now putting the industry into a critical state.
- Our overarching goal is to both provide a needed community service, and to raise the profile and public visibility of the Alabama State Nurses Association.
- He's had an absolutely crucial role in raising the public profile of this.
- The consortiums don't expect to earn money from these operations, but hope to raise the public profile of their groups.
- In a speech this evening, Mr Blunkett was revealing that he and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been looking at ways of raising the profile of local senior public prosecutors.
- The charity aims to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
- Cam Walker, FoE's national liaison officer, discussed the need to raise the public profile of the environmental movement's victories.
- The Teaching Awards Trust's mission is to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching, and in doing so, to raise the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
- They have raised the profile of public transport across a whole range of agencies.
- The main result of all this will be to raise the public profile of blogging, which is all to the good.
4A graphical or other representation of information relating to particular characteristics of something, recorded in quantified form.
（以数量形式记录事物特点的）曲线图；数据图表
a sleep profile for someone on a shift system
轮班制人员的睡眠分布图。
Example sentencesExamples
- This information was compiled with the quantitative data into profiles or briefing papers and used to convene cluster forums.
- Scientists may someday use such information to create genetic profiles of high-risk heart patients, he says.
- The research was conducted to provide information on demographical profiles and to measure the tourist and economic impact potential of arts festivals in South Africa.
- The whole set of experimental reflectivity profiles recorded at different times is reported in Fig.5.
- The profile also records the patient's and family's intelligence, emotional balance and support.
- As such, Table 1 is used to summarize the previously reported findings and to provide a profile of the demographic characteristics of the sample.
- An analysis of this information helps create a profile of behavioral characteristics required for the position.
- The formation of the proper duplex and triplex were ensured by their characteristic melting profiles and CD spectra.
- However, the profiles of the posterior probability distributions were proximate.
- We showed that the autocorrelation profile not only contains information on diffusion timescales but also on relaxation timescales.
1. 4.1 A record of a person's psychological or behavioural characteristics, preferences, etc.
  （记载个人心理或行为特点、喜好等的）档案
  they had been using personal details to build customer profiles
  他们一直在利用个人详情建立客户档案。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What type of information do, or should, profiles contain?
  A diagnostic instrument, the NET evaluates student's academic and social skills and generates individual profiles in seven subtest areas yielding over thirty different scores.
  An analysis of the behavioral questions on the survey provided a behavioral profile of the college women participants.
  The teenagers' internalization and externalization indices depended on whether the emotional profile was based on the parent's point of view or the teen's.
  The fact that the scientific community had not developed a profile for the particular offender did not impact on the application of the Mohan test.
  This profile represents only a small segment of the people I've met in the field.

verb ˈprəʊfʌɪlˈproʊˌfaɪl

[with object]

1Describe (a person or organization) in a short article.
写…（尤指公众人物）的传略
he was to profile a backbench MP
他打算写一名普通议员的传略。
Example sentencesExamples
- The article profiled Charles River Laboratories and gave the impression that the company is increasing its efforts at developing and marketing nonanimal tests.
- Time magazine profiled her among 100 of the world's leaders.
- I understand the primary focus of the article was to profile the artist and not to discuss a political situation in a third-world country.
- A sharp female journalist has profiled him as a misanthropic failure, not a truth-seeker but a preacher, his life shaped by a rivalry with God that has destroyed his family and friendships.
- His own personal high point was profiling George VI for BBC2's Reputations - although the Thatcher series gained him most attention.
- I intend to write an article profiling Chris Raab, co-star of the MTV reality show Jackass and most recently Viva La Bam.
- Years ago I profiled him, prompting a complaint that I had described him as middle-class, since his father was a doctor.
- We started profiling him here on ‘America's Most Wanted.’
- Following in the footsteps of bloggers much bigger and better than myself, I am profiled in today's edition of Norm's weekly foray into the minds of men.
- He was profiled in Los Angeles Magazine a couple of years ago in an article entitled ‘Is this the Most Hated Man in Hollywood?’
Synonyms
describe, write about, write an article about, give an account of, characterize, portray, depict, outline, sketch
2Represent in outline from one side.
给…画侧面像；显出…侧面轮廓
he was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool
他一动不动地站在游泳池的另一头，显出清晰的侧面轮廓。
1. 2.1be profiled Have a specified shape in outline.
  显出…的轮廓
  a proud bird profiled like a phoenix
  一只如凤凰般傲气十足的鸟。
2. 2.2 Shape (something), especially by means of a tool guided by a template.
  （尤指用模板）铣出轮廓；使…成形
  I use my angle grinder all the time for profiling tiles
  Example sentencesExamples
  The flat sections are of profiled sheet metal decks, with some form of insulating board overlay and built up felt covering.
  Crash barriers are made from precisely-tensioned steel wire, or from steel sheet that has been profiled into a ‘corrugated’ shape.
  The portable machine, which emits intense heat to cut the metal, is to be aimed at small metal fabrication companies all around the world, who have to commission specialist profiling companies to carry out their cutting.
  This elegant edgy little piece of the interchange jigsaw has a glass roof supported by a pyramidal steel structure and profiled concrete columns.
  It undergoes extrusion and is then transformed into flat or profiled (patterned strips) products.

Phrases

in profile

(in reference to someone's face) as seen from one side.
（人的面部）从侧面看
a photograph of Leon in profile
里昂的侧面像。
Example sentencesExamples
- This auburn light danced and glinted on my companion's drooping gold earrings as we surveyed the cars below, and held his face in profile as if he might only be a photograph.
- Somwhere during those years, I looked like that in profile.
- In one photograph, she stands in profile holding a large kitchen knife.
- One can discern a face in profile emerging from the right side of the pool.
- Underwood Side View shows a stately old typewriter in profile, exposing its logical yet formally ornate internal mechanism.

Derivatives

profilist

noun

Last night our criminal profilist Shanelle Parkerson was murdered.
Example sentencesExamples
- Just because your title is criminal profilist doesn't mean I couldn't figure that out myself.
- But in treating Jay's fall lightly I may be making the elementary error of most profilists.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- 'forth' + filare 'to spin', formerly 'draw a line' (from Latin filare, from filum 'thread').

Definition of profile in US English:

profile

nounˈprōˌfīlˈproʊˌfaɪl

1An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side.
（尤指人面部的）侧面；侧影；轮廓；外形
the man turned and she caught his profile
那男子转过身，她看见了他的侧面。
Example sentencesExamples
- I have been told that my side profile is less rotund.
- Lynn was wearing too much makeup, like always, and her side profile made her nose look like it protruded too far out from the rest of her face.
- Once he had finished dressing he stood in front of the mirror and smiled proudly at his side profile.
- I was speechless as I stared at the side profile of his face.
- The guy turned slightly and Rika managed to catch his side profile.
- Germany's Bild newspaper accused Mercedes of copying its Munich-based rival and published pictures of the two cars' interiors, tails and side profiles, asking readers to spot the difference.
- It turns heads with its front, side and rear profiles.
- I came out of the shower not too long ago and looked at my side profile in the mirror.
- The side skirt profiles of the Haddonfield tables all rise in the center whereas this one drops.
- She studied herself from the front, then turned to the side and inspected her profile.
Synonyms
side view, outline, silhouette, contour, shape, form, figure, lines
1. 1.1 A vertical cross section of a structure.
  纵断面，剖面
  skillfully made vessels with an S-shaped profile
  制作精良的纵断面为S型的容器。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Various vertical Z-sections and fluorescence profiles across the cells were analyzed.
  Overall, the simulation secondary structure profiles closely resemble those of the crystal conformations.
  The profile is the cross-section of a wheel (looking head on).
  The front contrasts with the vertical profile of the rear and its wide wings highlighted by elongated, horizontal lamps.
  It is likely that because of reflectance from the chamber walls the vertical profile of PPFD is altered, especially during episodes of direct sunshine.
  Fig.4 A compares the profile from the crystal structure with the profiles from the expanded states, revealing a number of features.
2. 1.2Geography An outline of part of the earth's surface, e.g. the course of a river, as seen in a vertical section.
  〔地理〕（地球表面纵断面的）轮廓（如河流走向）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Figure 5 compares observed topographic profiles of the plateau surface of north Oxfordshire to the predictions of the unloading model.
  In the upper half of the shaft, there are sharp anterior and posterior ridges and a less significant lateral ridge, giving a triangular profile in cross section.
  This provides a significant improvement on the dating of sand accumulation and dune migration through sampling at arbitrary depths, in vertical profiles through pits or boreholes.
  The URSEIS seismic profile images the 2D crustal profile from the surface outcrop of the Dzhabyk batholith to the upper mantle.
  This assumption is reasonable because the maximum likelihood estimates of early Cretaceous and Neogene palaeogeothermal profiles are both similar to the present-day gradient.
  The river profile and the integrity of the stream channel are not besmirched by watering stock, gravel mining or indiscriminate recreational use.
  The Dzhabyk batholith crops out along the entire surface trace of the profile.
3. 1.3 A flat piece of scenery or stage property that has been cut so as to form an outline or silhouette of an object.
2A short article giving a description of a person or organization.
传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况
a profile of a Texas tycoon
得克萨斯一商界巨头的简介。
Example sentencesExamples
- The idea is simple: 99 people, products, services or organizations that are remarkable, each with a short profile.
- The Guardian also has a short profile, with some links to other articles…
- He wrote a short profile on each member of the panel that was on board the plane that evening.
- I was reading this Guardian article on customer profiles of supermarket shoppers, and it got me thinking about my own habits.
- His most recent feature article was a profile of Elaine Pagels in the November 2004 issue.
- He also slides in short profiles of the key players, including Turner's nemesis Gerald Levin, who was then CEO of the new Time Warner AOL.
- Even for the short profiles of the individual Pacific Islands nations and territories, not one of the authors is an indigenous Pacific Islander.
- There'll be at least an extra column every Thursday on our website, where track descriptions, driver profiles and results also will be found.
- The other article was a profile on noted Minneapolis artist Armajani and his newest exhibit.
- Live Wire also contains backstage stories and profiles, including an article on Jon Marans as background for Old Wicked Songs.
Synonyms
description, account, study, portrait, portrayal, depiction, rundown, sketch, outline
1. 2.1 (on a social media website or application) a user's summary of their personal details or current situation.
  he posted the pictures on his Facebook profile
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ever since we set up the Londonist personals service we've been keeping a close eye on the portraits people have been uploading to their profiles.
  After installation, it will find your user profile, so that all your stored mail and addresses should appear automatically.
  Nearly half of those who have tried an online dating service (44%) have come across an online profile of someone they know, such as an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, when they were surfing through profiles.
  This is where you can look at your profile, including address and other contact information, change your preferences, look at your purchase history, funds into your account, and manage any labels or artists you may have listed.
  Heck, make a profile and post on our messageboard.
  On fansites you often have a user profile where readers can see what job you do, what age you are, etc.
  Of these, 10% say they have been caught by their boss or manager while surfing or responding to online profiles.
  His photo and blog profile complement an article that reveals 19 % of people never drink alcohol, 48 % of car drivers have had a drink before driving and 51 % believe drink driving is just as bad as having unprotected sex.
3in singular The extent to which a person or organization attracts public notice.
（人或机构的）公众关注度
raising the profile of women in industry
提高妇女在工业界的形象。
Example sentencesExamples
- The charity aims to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
- The Teaching Awards Trust's mission is to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching, and in doing so, to raise the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
- We must also raise the public profile of the very severe problems of the arable sector, which are now putting the industry into a critical state.
- In a speech this evening, Mr Blunkett was revealing that he and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been looking at ways of raising the profile of local senior public prosecutors.
- Cam Walker, FoE's national liaison officer, discussed the need to raise the public profile of the environmental movement's victories.
- Our overarching goal is to both provide a needed community service, and to raise the profile and public visibility of the Alabama State Nurses Association.
- He's had an absolutely crucial role in raising the public profile of this.
- They have raised the profile of public transport across a whole range of agencies.
- The consortiums don't expect to earn money from these operations, but hope to raise the public profile of their groups.
- The main result of all this will be to raise the public profile of blogging, which is all to the good.
4A graphical or other representation of information relating to particular characteristics of something, recorded in quantified form.
（以数量形式记录事物特点的）曲线图；数据图表
the blood profiles of cancer patients
Example sentencesExamples
- This information was compiled with the quantitative data into profiles or briefing papers and used to convene cluster forums.
- Scientists may someday use such information to create genetic profiles of high-risk heart patients, he says.
- We showed that the autocorrelation profile not only contains information on diffusion timescales but also on relaxation timescales.
- The research was conducted to provide information on demographical profiles and to measure the tourist and economic impact potential of arts festivals in South Africa.
- An analysis of this information helps create a profile of behavioral characteristics required for the position.
- The profile also records the patient's and family's intelligence, emotional balance and support.
- The whole set of experimental reflectivity profiles recorded at different times is reported in Fig.5.
- As such, Table 1 is used to summarize the previously reported findings and to provide a profile of the demographic characteristics of the sample.
- The formation of the proper duplex and triplex were ensured by their characteristic melting profiles and CD spectra.
- However, the profiles of the posterior probability distributions were proximate.
1. 4.1 A record of a person's psychological or behavioral characteristics, preferences, etc.
  （记载个人心理或行为特点、喜好等的）档案
  they had been using personal details to build customer profiles
  他们一直在利用个人详情建立客户档案。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What type of information do, or should, profiles contain?
  An analysis of the behavioral questions on the survey provided a behavioral profile of the college women participants.
  The fact that the scientific community had not developed a profile for the particular offender did not impact on the application of the Mohan test.
  This profile represents only a small segment of the people I've met in the field.
  A diagnostic instrument, the NET evaluates student's academic and social skills and generates individual profiles in seven subtest areas yielding over thirty different scores.
  The teenagers' internalization and externalization indices depended on whether the emotional profile was based on the parent's point of view or the teen's.

verbˈprōˌfīlˈproʊˌfaɪl

[with object]

1Describe (a person or organization, especially a public figure) in a short article.
传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况
he was to profile each candidate
Example sentencesExamples
- We started profiling him here on ‘America's Most Wanted.’
- I intend to write an article profiling Chris Raab, co-star of the MTV reality show Jackass and most recently Viva La Bam.
- His own personal high point was profiling George VI for BBC2's Reputations - although the Thatcher series gained him most attention.
- Following in the footsteps of bloggers much bigger and better than myself, I am profiled in today's edition of Norm's weekly foray into the minds of men.
- I understand the primary focus of the article was to profile the artist and not to discuss a political situation in a third-world country.
- He was profiled in Los Angeles Magazine a couple of years ago in an article entitled ‘Is this the Most Hated Man in Hollywood?’
- Time magazine profiled her among 100 of the world's leaders.
- The article profiled Charles River Laboratories and gave the impression that the company is increasing its efforts at developing and marketing nonanimal tests.
- A sharp female journalist has profiled him as a misanthropic failure, not a truth-seeker but a preacher, his life shaped by a rivalry with God that has destroyed his family and friendships.
- Years ago I profiled him, prompting a complaint that I had described him as middle-class, since his father was a doctor.
Synonyms
describe, write about, write an article about, give an account of, characterize, portray, depict, outline, sketch
2Represent in outline from one side.
给…画侧面像；显出…侧面轮廓
he was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool
他一动不动地站在游泳池的另一头，显出清晰的侧面轮廓。
1. 2.1be profiled Have a specified shape or appearance in outline.
  显出…的轮廓
  a proud bird profiled like a phoenix
  一只如凤凰般傲气十足的鸟。
2. 2.2 Shape (something), especially by means of a tool guided by a template.
  （尤指用模板）铣出轮廓；使…成形
  I use my angle grinder all the time for profiling tiles
  Example sentencesExamples
  Crash barriers are made from precisely-tensioned steel wire, or from steel sheet that has been profiled into a ‘corrugated’ shape.
  This elegant edgy little piece of the interchange jigsaw has a glass roof supported by a pyramidal steel structure and profiled concrete columns.
  The portable machine, which emits intense heat to cut the metal, is to be aimed at small metal fabrication companies all around the world, who have to commission specialist profiling companies to carry out their cutting.
  The flat sections are of profiled sheet metal decks, with some form of insulating board overlay and built up felt covering.
  It undergoes extrusion and is then transformed into flat or profiled (patterned strips) products.

Phrases

in profile

(in reference to someone's face) as seen from one side.
（人的面部）从侧面看
a photograph of Leon in profile
里昂的侧面像。
Example sentencesExamples
- This auburn light danced and glinted on my companion's drooping gold earrings as we surveyed the cars below, and held his face in profile as if he might only be a photograph.
- Underwood Side View shows a stately old typewriter in profile, exposing its logical yet formally ornate internal mechanism.
- One can discern a face in profile emerging from the right side of the pool.
- In one photograph, she stands in profile holding a large kitchen knife.
- Somwhere during those years, I looked like that in profile.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).

单词	profile
释义	Definition of profile in English: profile noun ˈprəʊfʌɪlˈproʊˌfaɪl 1An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side. （尤指人面部的）侧面；侧影；轮廓；外形 the man turned and she caught his profile 那男子转过身，她看见了他的侧面。 Example sentencesExamples I was speechless as I stared at the side profile of his face. The guy turned slightly and Rika managed to catch his side profile. I came out of the shower not too long ago and looked at my side profile in the mirror. Once he had finished dressing he stood in front of the mirror and smiled proudly at his side profile. Germany's Bild newspaper accused Mercedes of copying its Munich-based rival and published pictures of the two cars' interiors, tails and side profiles, asking readers to spot the difference. Lynn was wearing too much makeup, like always, and her side profile made her nose look like it protruded too far out from the rest of her face. It turns heads with its front, side and rear profiles. The side skirt profiles of the Haddonfield tables all rise in the center whereas this one drops. I have been told that my side profile is less rotund. She studied herself from the front, then turned to the side and inspected her profile. Synonyms side view, outline, silhouette, contour, shape, form, figure, lines 1.1 A vertical cross section of a structure. 纵断面，剖面 skilfully made vessels with an S-shaped profile 制作精良的纵断面为S型的容器。 Example sentencesExamples The front contrasts with the vertical profile of the rear and its wide wings highlighted by elongated, horizontal lamps. Fig.4 A compares the profile from the crystal structure with the profiles from the expanded states, revealing a number of features. Overall, the simulation secondary structure profiles closely resemble those of the crystal conformations. Various vertical Z-sections and fluorescence profiles across the cells were analyzed. The profile is the cross-section of a wheel (looking head on). It is likely that because of reflectance from the chamber walls the vertical profile of PPFD is altered, especially during episodes of direct sunshine. 1.2Geography An outline of part of the earth's surface, e.g. the course of a river, as seen in a vertical section. 〔地理〕（地球表面纵断面的）轮廓（如河流走向） in soft rocks a profile drawn normally to the beach would show a concave form comparable with the long profile of a river Example sentencesExamples The Dzhabyk batholith crops out along the entire surface trace of the profile. The river profile and the integrity of the stream channel are not besmirched by watering stock, gravel mining or indiscriminate recreational use. Figure 5 compares observed topographic profiles of the plateau surface of north Oxfordshire to the predictions of the unloading model. In the upper half of the shaft, there are sharp anterior and posterior ridges and a less significant lateral ridge, giving a triangular profile in cross section. The URSEIS seismic profile images the 2D crustal profile from the surface outcrop of the Dzhabyk batholith to the upper mantle. This provides a significant improvement on the dating of sand accumulation and dune migration through sampling at arbitrary depths, in vertical profiles through pits or boreholes. This assumption is reasonable because the maximum likelihood estimates of early Cretaceous and Neogene palaeogeothermal profiles are both similar to the present-day gradient. 1.3 A flat outline piece of scenery on stage. （舞台的）平面布景 2A short article giving a description of a person or organization. 传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况 a profile of a Texas tycoon 得克萨斯一商界巨头的简介。 Example sentencesExamples There'll be at least an extra column every Thursday on our website, where track descriptions, driver profiles and results also will be found. The other article was a profile on noted Minneapolis artist Armajani and his newest exhibit. Even for the short profiles of the individual Pacific Islands nations and territories, not one of the authors is an indigenous Pacific Islander. He wrote a short profile on each member of the panel that was on board the plane that evening. The Guardian also has a short profile, with some links to other articles… His most recent feature article was a profile of Elaine Pagels in the November 2004 issue. I was reading this Guardian article on customer profiles of supermarket shoppers, and it got me thinking about my own habits. He also slides in short profiles of the key players, including Turner's nemesis Gerald Levin, who was then CEO of the new Time Warner AOL. The idea is simple: 99 people, products, services or organizations that are remarkable, each with a short profile. Live Wire also contains backstage stories and profiles, including an article on Jon Marans as background for Old Wicked Songs. Synonyms description, account, study, portrait, portrayal, depiction, rundown, sketch, outline 2.1 (on a social media website or application) a user's summary of their personal details or current situation. he posted the pictures on his Facebook profile Example sentencesExamples Ever since we set up the Londonist personals service we've been keeping a close eye on the portraits people have been uploading to their profiles. After installation, it will find your user profile, so that all your stored mail and addresses should appear automatically. This is where you can look at your profile, including address and other contact information, change your preferences, look at your purchase history, funds into your account, and manage any labels or artists you may have listed. His photo and blog profile complement an article that reveals 19 % of people never drink alcohol, 48 % of car drivers have had a drink before driving and 51 % believe drink driving is just as bad as having unprotected sex. Heck, make a profile and post on our messageboard. On fansites you often have a user profile where readers can see what job you do, what age you are, etc. Nearly half of those who have tried an online dating service (44%) have come across an online profile of someone they know, such as an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, when they were surfing through profiles. Of these, 10% say they have been caught by their boss or manager while surfing or responding to online profiles. 3in singular The extent to which a person or organization attracts public notice. （人或机构的）公众关注度 raising the profile of women in industry 提高妇女在工业界的形象。 Example sentencesExamples We must also raise the public profile of the very severe problems of the arable sector, which are now putting the industry into a critical state. Our overarching goal is to both provide a needed community service, and to raise the profile and public visibility of the Alabama State Nurses Association. He's had an absolutely crucial role in raising the public profile of this. The consortiums don't expect to earn money from these operations, but hope to raise the public profile of their groups. In a speech this evening, Mr Blunkett was revealing that he and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been looking at ways of raising the profile of local senior public prosecutors. The charity aims to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession. Cam Walker, FoE's national liaison officer, discussed the need to raise the public profile of the environmental movement's victories. The Teaching Awards Trust's mission is to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching, and in doing so, to raise the profile and public perception of the teaching profession. They have raised the profile of public transport across a whole range of agencies. The main result of all this will be to raise the public profile of blogging, which is all to the good. 4A graphical or other representation of information relating to particular characteristics of something, recorded in quantified form. （以数量形式记录事物特点的）曲线图；数据图表 a sleep profile for someone on a shift system 轮班制人员的睡眠分布图。 Example sentencesExamples This information was compiled with the quantitative data into profiles or briefing papers and used to convene cluster forums. Scientists may someday use such information to create genetic profiles of high-risk heart patients, he says. The research was conducted to provide information on demographical profiles and to measure the tourist and economic impact potential of arts festivals in South Africa. The whole set of experimental reflectivity profiles recorded at different times is reported in Fig.5. The profile also records the patient's and family's intelligence, emotional balance and support. As such, Table 1 is used to summarize the previously reported findings and to provide a profile of the demographic characteristics of the sample. An analysis of this information helps create a profile of behavioral characteristics required for the position. The formation of the proper duplex and triplex were ensured by their characteristic melting profiles and CD spectra. However, the profiles of the posterior probability distributions were proximate. We showed that the autocorrelation profile not only contains information on diffusion timescales but also on relaxation timescales. 4.1 A record of a person's psychological or behavioural characteristics, preferences, etc. （记载个人心理或行为特点、喜好等的）档案 they had been using personal details to build customer profiles 他们一直在利用个人详情建立客户档案。 Example sentencesExamples What type of information do, or should, profiles contain? A diagnostic instrument, the NET evaluates student's academic and social skills and generates individual profiles in seven subtest areas yielding over thirty different scores. An analysis of the behavioral questions on the survey provided a behavioral profile of the college women participants. The teenagers' internalization and externalization indices depended on whether the emotional profile was based on the parent's point of view or the teen's. The fact that the scientific community had not developed a profile for the particular offender did not impact on the application of the Mohan test. This profile represents only a small segment of the people I've met in the field. verb ˈprəʊfʌɪlˈproʊˌfaɪl [with object] 1Describe (a person or organization) in a short article. 写…（尤指公众人物）的传略 he was to profile a backbench MP 他打算写一名普通议员的传略。 Example sentencesExamples The article profiled Charles River Laboratories and gave the impression that the company is increasing its efforts at developing and marketing nonanimal tests. Time magazine profiled her among 100 of the world's leaders. I understand the primary focus of the article was to profile the artist and not to discuss a political situation in a third-world country. A sharp female journalist has profiled him as a misanthropic failure, not a truth-seeker but a preacher, his life shaped by a rivalry with God that has destroyed his family and friendships. His own personal high point was profiling George VI for BBC2's Reputations - although the Thatcher series gained him most attention. I intend to write an article profiling Chris Raab, co-star of the MTV reality show Jackass and most recently Viva La Bam. Years ago I profiled him, prompting a complaint that I had described him as middle-class, since his father was a doctor. We started profiling him here on ‘America's Most Wanted.’ Following in the footsteps of bloggers much bigger and better than myself, I am profiled in today's edition of Norm's weekly foray into the minds of men. He was profiled in Los Angeles Magazine a couple of years ago in an article entitled ‘Is this the Most Hated Man in Hollywood?’ Synonyms describe, write about, write an article about, give an account of, characterize, portray, depict, outline, sketch 2Represent in outline from one side. 给…画侧面像；显出…侧面轮廓 he was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool 他一动不动地站在游泳池的另一头，显出清晰的侧面轮廓。 2.1be profiled Have a specified shape in outline. 显出…的轮廓 a proud bird profiled like a phoenix 一只如凤凰般傲气十足的鸟。 2.2 Shape (something), especially by means of a tool guided by a template. （尤指用模板）铣出轮廓；使…成形 I use my angle grinder all the time for profiling tiles Example sentencesExamples The flat sections are of profiled sheet metal decks, with some form of insulating board overlay and built up felt covering. Crash barriers are made from precisely-tensioned steel wire, or from steel sheet that has been profiled into a ‘corrugated’ shape. The portable machine, which emits intense heat to cut the metal, is to be aimed at small metal fabrication companies all around the world, who have to commission specialist profiling companies to carry out their cutting. This elegant edgy little piece of the interchange jigsaw has a glass roof supported by a pyramidal steel structure and profiled concrete columns. It undergoes extrusion and is then transformed into flat or profiled (patterned strips) products. Phrases in profile (in reference to someone's face) as seen from one side. （人的面部）从侧面看 a photograph of Leon in profile 里昂的侧面像。 Example sentencesExamples This auburn light danced and glinted on my companion's drooping gold earrings as we surveyed the cars below, and held his face in profile as if he might only be a photograph. Somwhere during those years, I looked like that in profile. In one photograph, she stands in profile holding a large kitchen knife. One can discern a face in profile emerging from the right side of the pool. Underwood Side View shows a stately old typewriter in profile, exposing its logical yet formally ornate internal mechanism. Derivatives profilist noun Last night our criminal profilist Shanelle Parkerson was murdered. Example sentencesExamples Just because your title is criminal profilist doesn't mean I couldn't figure that out myself. But in treating Jay's fall lightly I may be making the elementary error of most profilists. Origin Mid 17th century: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- 'forth' + filare 'to spin', formerly 'draw a line' (from Latin filare, from filum 'thread'). noun.1 phr. Definition of profile in US English: profile nounˈprōˌfīlˈproʊˌfaɪl 1An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side. （尤指人面部的）侧面；侧影；轮廓；外形 the man turned and she caught his profile 那男子转过身，她看见了他的侧面。 Example sentencesExamples I have been told that my side profile is less rotund. Lynn was wearing too much makeup, like always, and her side profile made her nose look like it protruded too far out from the rest of her face. Once he had finished dressing he stood in front of the mirror and smiled proudly at his side profile. I was speechless as I stared at the side profile of his face. The guy turned slightly and Rika managed to catch his side profile. Germany's Bild newspaper accused Mercedes of copying its Munich-based rival and published pictures of the two cars' interiors, tails and side profiles, asking readers to spot the difference. It turns heads with its front, side and rear profiles. I came out of the shower not too long ago and looked at my side profile in the mirror. The side skirt profiles of the Haddonfield tables all rise in the center whereas this one drops. She studied herself from the front, then turned to the side and inspected her profile. Synonyms side view, outline, silhouette, contour, shape, form, figure, lines 1.1 A vertical cross section of a structure. 纵断面，剖面 skillfully made vessels with an S-shaped profile 制作精良的纵断面为S型的容器。 Example sentencesExamples Various vertical Z-sections and fluorescence profiles across the cells were analyzed. Overall, the simulation secondary structure profiles closely resemble those of the crystal conformations. The profile is the cross-section of a wheel (looking head on). The front contrasts with the vertical profile of the rear and its wide wings highlighted by elongated, horizontal lamps. It is likely that because of reflectance from the chamber walls the vertical profile of PPFD is altered, especially during episodes of direct sunshine. Fig.4 A compares the profile from the crystal structure with the profiles from the expanded states, revealing a number of features. 1.2Geography An outline of part of the earth's surface, e.g. the course of a river, as seen in a vertical section. 〔地理〕（地球表面纵断面的）轮廓（如河流走向） Example sentencesExamples Figure 5 compares observed topographic profiles of the plateau surface of north Oxfordshire to the predictions of the unloading model. In the upper half of the shaft, there are sharp anterior and posterior ridges and a less significant lateral ridge, giving a triangular profile in cross section. This provides a significant improvement on the dating of sand accumulation and dune migration through sampling at arbitrary depths, in vertical profiles through pits or boreholes. The URSEIS seismic profile images the 2D crustal profile from the surface outcrop of the Dzhabyk batholith to the upper mantle. This assumption is reasonable because the maximum likelihood estimates of early Cretaceous and Neogene palaeogeothermal profiles are both similar to the present-day gradient. The river profile and the integrity of the stream channel are not besmirched by watering stock, gravel mining or indiscriminate recreational use. The Dzhabyk batholith crops out along the entire surface trace of the profile. 1.3 A flat piece of scenery or stage property that has been cut so as to form an outline or silhouette of an object. 2A short article giving a description of a person or organization. 传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况 a profile of a Texas tycoon 得克萨斯一商界巨头的简介。 Example sentencesExamples The idea is simple: 99 people, products, services or organizations that are remarkable, each with a short profile. The Guardian also has a short profile, with some links to other articles… He wrote a short profile on each member of the panel that was on board the plane that evening. I was reading this Guardian article on customer profiles of supermarket shoppers, and it got me thinking about my own habits. His most recent feature article was a profile of Elaine Pagels in the November 2004 issue. He also slides in short profiles of the key players, including Turner's nemesis Gerald Levin, who was then CEO of the new Time Warner AOL. Even for the short profiles of the individual Pacific Islands nations and territories, not one of the authors is an indigenous Pacific Islander. There'll be at least an extra column every Thursday on our website, where track descriptions, driver profiles and results also will be found. The other article was a profile on noted Minneapolis artist Armajani and his newest exhibit. Live Wire also contains backstage stories and profiles, including an article on Jon Marans as background for Old Wicked Songs. Synonyms description, account, study, portrait, portrayal, depiction, rundown, sketch, outline 2.1 (on a social media website or application) a user's summary of their personal details or current situation. he posted the pictures on his Facebook profile Example sentencesExamples Ever since we set up the Londonist personals service we've been keeping a close eye on the portraits people have been uploading to their profiles. After installation, it will find your user profile, so that all your stored mail and addresses should appear automatically. Nearly half of those who have tried an online dating service (44%) have come across an online profile of someone they know, such as an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, when they were surfing through profiles. This is where you can look at your profile, including address and other contact information, change your preferences, look at your purchase history, funds into your account, and manage any labels or artists you may have listed. Heck, make a profile and post on our messageboard. On fansites you often have a user profile where readers can see what job you do, what age you are, etc. Of these, 10% say they have been caught by their boss or manager while surfing or responding to online profiles. His photo and blog profile complement an article that reveals 19 % of people never drink alcohol, 48 % of car drivers have had a drink before driving and 51 % believe drink driving is just as bad as having unprotected sex. 3in singular The extent to which a person or organization attracts public notice. （人或机构的）公众关注度 raising the profile of women in industry 提高妇女在工业界的形象。 Example sentencesExamples The charity aims to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession. The Teaching Awards Trust's mission is to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching, and in doing so, to raise the profile and public perception of the teaching profession. We must also raise the public profile of the very severe problems of the arable sector, which are now putting the industry into a critical state. In a speech this evening, Mr Blunkett was revealing that he and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been looking at ways of raising the profile of local senior public prosecutors. Cam Walker, FoE's national liaison officer, discussed the need to raise the public profile of the environmental movement's victories. Our overarching goal is to both provide a needed community service, and to raise the profile and public visibility of the Alabama State Nurses Association. He's had an absolutely crucial role in raising the public profile of this. They have raised the profile of public transport across a whole range of agencies. The consortiums don't expect to earn money from these operations, but hope to raise the public profile of their groups. The main result of all this will be to raise the public profile of blogging, which is all to the good. 4A graphical or other representation of information relating to particular characteristics of something, recorded in quantified form. （以数量形式记录事物特点的）曲线图；数据图表 the blood profiles of cancer patients Example sentencesExamples This information was compiled with the quantitative data into profiles or briefing papers and used to convene cluster forums. Scientists may someday use such information to create genetic profiles of high-risk heart patients, he says. We showed that the autocorrelation profile not only contains information on diffusion timescales but also on relaxation timescales. The research was conducted to provide information on demographical profiles and to measure the tourist and economic impact potential of arts festivals in South Africa. An analysis of this information helps create a profile of behavioral characteristics required for the position. The profile also records the patient's and family's intelligence, emotional balance and support. The whole set of experimental reflectivity profiles recorded at different times is reported in Fig.5. As such, Table 1 is used to summarize the previously reported findings and to provide a profile of the demographic characteristics of the sample. The formation of the proper duplex and triplex were ensured by their characteristic melting profiles and CD spectra. However, the profiles of the posterior probability distributions were proximate. 4.1 A record of a person's psychological or behavioral characteristics, preferences, etc. （记载个人心理或行为特点、喜好等的）档案 they had been using personal details to build customer profiles 他们一直在利用个人详情建立客户档案。 Example sentencesExamples What type of information do, or should, profiles contain? An analysis of the behavioral questions on the survey provided a behavioral profile of the college women participants. The fact that the scientific community had not developed a profile for the particular offender did not impact on the application of the Mohan test. This profile represents only a small segment of the people I've met in the field. A diagnostic instrument, the NET evaluates student's academic and social skills and generates individual profiles in seven subtest areas yielding over thirty different scores. The teenagers' internalization and externalization indices depended on whether the emotional profile was based on the parent's point of view or the teen's. verbˈprōˌfīlˈproʊˌfaɪl [with object] 1Describe (a person or organization, especially a public figure) in a short article. 传略；（尤指公众人物的）简介；概况 he was to profile each candidate Example sentencesExamples We started profiling him here on ‘America's Most Wanted.’ I intend to write an article profiling Chris Raab, co-star of the MTV reality show Jackass and most recently Viva La Bam. His own personal high point was profiling George VI for BBC2's Reputations - although the Thatcher series gained him most attention. Following in the footsteps of bloggers much bigger and better than myself, I am profiled in today's edition of Norm's weekly foray into the minds of men. I understand the primary focus of the article was to profile the artist and not to discuss a political situation in a third-world country. He was profiled in Los Angeles Magazine a couple of years ago in an article entitled ‘Is this the Most Hated Man in Hollywood?’ Time magazine profiled her among 100 of the world's leaders. The article profiled Charles River Laboratories and gave the impression that the company is increasing its efforts at developing and marketing nonanimal tests. A sharp female journalist has profiled him as a misanthropic failure, not a truth-seeker but a preacher, his life shaped by a rivalry with God that has destroyed his family and friendships. Years ago I profiled him, prompting a complaint that I had described him as middle-class, since his father was a doctor. Synonyms describe, write about, write an article about, give an account of, characterize, portray, depict, outline, sketch 2Represent in outline from one side. 给…画侧面像；显出…侧面轮廓 he was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool 他一动不动地站在游泳池的另一头，显出清晰的侧面轮廓。 2.1be profiled Have a specified shape or appearance in outline. 显出…的轮廓 a proud bird profiled like a phoenix 一只如凤凰般傲气十足的鸟。 2.2 Shape (something), especially by means of a tool guided by a template. （尤指用模板）铣出轮廓；使…成形 I use my angle grinder all the time for profiling tiles Example sentencesExamples Crash barriers are made from precisely-tensioned steel wire, or from steel sheet that has been profiled into a ‘corrugated’ shape. This elegant edgy little piece of the interchange jigsaw has a glass roof supported by a pyramidal steel structure and profiled concrete columns. The portable machine, which emits intense heat to cut the metal, is to be aimed at small metal fabrication companies all around the world, who have to commission specialist profiling companies to carry out their cutting. The flat sections are of profiled sheet metal decks, with some form of insulating board overlay and built up felt covering. It undergoes extrusion and is then transformed into flat or profiled (patterned strips) products. Phrases in profile (in reference to someone's face) as seen from one side. （人的面部）从侧面看 a photograph of Leon in profile 里昂的侧面像。 Example sentencesExamples This auburn light danced and glinted on my companion's drooping gold earrings as we surveyed the cars below, and held his face in profile as if he might only be a photograph. Underwood Side View shows a stately old typewriter in profile, exposing its logical yet formally ornate internal mechanism. One can discern a face in profile emerging from the right side of the pool. In one photograph, she stands in profile holding a large kitchen knife. Somwhere during those years, I looked like that in profile. Origin Mid 17th century: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’). noun.1 phr.
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