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| 1 | C usually singular the qualities that make up someone’ s personality （人的）个性，品格，性格 |
| This stinginess with money was one aspect of Steve’ s character that I didn’ t like. 史蒂夫对金钱很吝啬，他性格中的这一点我不喜欢。 |
| in/out of character (=typical/not typical of someone’ s usual behaviour) I can’ t understand why Simon refused to help; it seems so out of character. 与某人的个性相符/不相符 |
| | 1a | singular the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have （某地人整体的）性格 | | He understood so much about our national character. 他深谙我们的民族性格。 | |
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| 2 | C/U the qualities that make something clearly different from anything else 特色；特性 |
| Each of his books has its own distinctive character. 他的每一本书都各有特色。 |
| The two villages are similar in size but very different in character. 这两个村子大小差不多，可是特点却大不相同。 |
| +of The house was not in keeping with the character of the surrounding area. 这座房子和周围环境不相称。 |
| | 2a | a quality that makes something interesting or attractive （使某物有趣或有吸引力的）特色 | | a traditional hotel with a lot of character and charm 颇具特色和魅力的传统宾馆 | |
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| 3 | C/U someone’ s reputation , especially when this shows how honest or reliable they are （尤指好的）名声，声望 |
| How dare she cast a slur on my character? 她怎么敢这样损害我的名声呢？ |
| My client is a man of good character. 我的当事人名声很好。 |
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| 4 | C a person in a book , play , film etc （书、戏剧、电影等的）人物，角色 |
| The book has a solid plot and likeable characters. 这本书的故事情节真实可信，人物也写得很可爱。 |
| the main/central character The film’ s central character is played by George Clooney. 这部电影的主角由乔治·克鲁尼出演。 |
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| 5 | C a person of a particular type （某种）人 |
| McMahon is one of the sport’ s most colourful characters. 麦克马洪是这项运动中最富有特色的人物之一。 |
| a shady/suspicious/unsavoury character 难以捉摸/可疑/令人讨厌的人 |
| a reformed/changed character Jake used to be pretty wild, but he’ s a reformed character now. 杰克过去相当野蛮，但他现在已经变了一个人。 |
| | 5a | someone with special qualities that make them different from most people and interesting to know 有趣的人；与众不同的人 | | She was quite a character, I can tell you. 我敢说，她相当与众不同。 | | a real character You’ d like Joe, he’ s a real character. 你会喜欢乔的，他非常有趣。 | |
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| 6 | U good personal qualities, especially the qualities of being brave and determined when doing something difficult 勇气；毅力 |
| She had to stand up and make a speech to 500 people, so it was quite a test of character. 她要站在500人前作演讲，这对她的勇气是一次很大的考验。 |
| The team showed real character in coming back from two goals down. 球队在落后两分的情况下赶上来，体现出真正的毅力。 |
| character-building (=helping to develop someone’ s character) the idea of competitive sport as a character-building activity 性格锻炼 |
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| 7 | C a letter , number , or symbol that is written , printed, or used in computer programs 字母；数字；符号 |
| The password may be up to 12 characters long. 密码可以长至12个字符。 |
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