1N-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
Perhaps there is a negative side to his character that you haven't seen yet.
或许,他性格中不好的一面你还没有看见。
The character of this country has been formed by immigration. [+ of]
2N-SING [oft inNOUN]特点;特征;特色 If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality. 特点;特征;特色
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。
The state farms were semi-military in character.
那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。
3N-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
Individuality is a valued and inherent part of the British character.
个性鲜明是英国人固有的、也是他们看重的特点。
4N-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
It's that kind of courage and determination that makes him such a remarkable character.
就是那种勇气和决心使他成为如此了不起的人。
What a sad character that Nigel is.
奈杰尔真是个可悲的人哪。
5N-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
He's begun a series of personal attacks on my character.
6N-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]
She showed real character in her attempts to win over the crowd.
她在努力获得民众的支持时,表现出真正的人格力量。
I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
7N-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]
An ugly shopping centre stands across from one of the few buildings with character.
一座难看的购物中心对面,耸立着为数不多的几幢别具特色的大楼之一。
8N-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
The film is autobiographical and the central character is played by Collard himself.
这部电影是自传体,其中的主角由科勒德亲自扮演。
He's made the characters believable.
他让个个角色都逼真可信。
9N-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]
10N-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
11PHRASE 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)
It was entirely in character for Rachel to put her baby first. [+ for]
把自己的婴孩放在第一位,这完全符合雷切尔的性格。
What else could make him behave so out of character?
还有什么能让他做出这种如此失常的行为来?
Quotations
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human lifeGoetheTorquato Tasso
Character is much easier kept than recoveredThomas PaineThe American Crisis
A man's character is his fateHeraclitusOn the Universe
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beansRonald Reagan
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thingAbraham Lincoln
Fate and character are the same conceptNovalisHeinrich von Ofterdingen
1person's nature/person with a particular nature稟性;某種性情的人ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHARACTER | CHARACTER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤excellent, exemplary, good, impeccable高尚品格;模範品德;好品性;無可挑剔的性格▸➤generous, gentle, likeable, lovable, popular慷慨的性格;溫柔的性格;討人喜歡的性格;可愛的性格;受歡迎的人物▸➤colourful/colorful, larger-than-life, lively, real有趣且不尋常的/引人注目的/生氣勃勃的/特別的人物◇You must have come across some real characters, working in the circus.你在馬戲團工作,一定碰到過一些很特別的人物吧。➤reformed改過自新的人◇He used to go out every night, but now he's a reformed character.以前他每天晚上都出去玩兒,但現在已經改了。➤complex, elusive, enigmatic, odd複雜的/難於捉摸的/高深莫測的/古怪的性格▸➤forceful, formidable, strong強硬的人;令人敬畏的人;堅強的性格▸➤weak軟弱的性格▸➤volatile反復無常的人▸➤prickly, unpleasant, unsavoury/unsavory易怒的人;不討人喜歡的人;令人討厭的人▸➤bad, evil, ruthless, violent低劣的品格;邪惡的人;殘忍的人;暴虐的人▸➤dubious, shady, suspicious可疑的人◇Who's that suspicious character hanging around outside?在外面遊蕩的那個可疑的人是誰?➤true真實性格▸➤local當地人◇The bar was full of interesting local characters.酒吧裏擠滿了很有趣的當地人。➤human人物▸➤moral道德品質◇a woman of impeccable moral character品德無可挑剔的女子VERB + CHARACTER➤be, have是⋯性格的人;有⋯性格▸➤form, shape形成性格▸➤reveal顯出⋯性格◇She revealed her true character when anyone disagreed with her.有誰不同意她的意見她就暴露出真實面目。➤conceal, hide隱藏性格▸➤reflect反映性格◇His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.他邋遢的外表並不反映他的性格。CHARACTER + NOUN➤trait性格特點▸➤defect, flaw性格缺陷▸➤change性格變化◇She's undergone a complete character change since her promotion.自從升職以後她的性格就徹底改變了。➤reference品行推薦信◇Applicants had to obtain character references before being considered for the work.申請者必須有品行推薦信才予以考慮聘用。➤assassination人格詆譭◇The lawyer attempted a character assassination of the witness (= tried to show the witness had a bad character).律師企圖對證人進行人格詆譭。➤actor, actress性格(男)演員/女演員PREPOSITION➤in sb's character合乎某人的性格◇It's not in his character to tell lies.撒謊不符合他的性格。➤out of character與性格不相稱◇The lawyer argued that his client's violent reaction was out of character.律師說他當事人的暴力行為是衝動所致,而非其本性。character
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2nature of sth性質ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHARACTER | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤distinctive, individual, unique特殊的/特有的/獨特的性質▸➤essential, fundamental, intrinsic本質/根本/固有特性▸➤original本來的特性▸➤traditional傳統特徵◇The renovated buildings retain their traditional character.修復的建築物保留了其傳統特徵。➤international, national, regional國際性;民族性;地區性◇the features that make up the national character構成民族性的特徵◇Food in Italy has a distinct regional character.意大利食品有獨特的地方風味。➤intimate私密性質▸➤public公共性質◇the public character of material published on the Internet因特網上發表的材料的公共性➤military, political軍事/政治性質▸➤rural, urban鄉村/城市特徵◇The development detracts from the rural character of the area.這項發展有損該地區的鄉村特色。VERB + CHARACTER➤have有⋯性質◇Each house in the street has its own distinctive character.街上的每幢房屋都有自己的獨特風格。➤assume, take on呈現⋯特性◇As you move north, the landscape takes on a different character.向北走,沿路景色迥異。➤form形成特性◇factors that form the character of a nation形成民族特性的因素➤lose失去特性◇The town has lost much of its original character.該鎮已失去了大部份原有的風格。➤retain保留特性▸➤preserve保存特性▸➤give sth使某物具有⋯性質◇It's the basil that gives the sauce its essential character.正是羅勒香草使這調味料有了其最根本的風味。PREPOSITION➤in character在性質上◇The houses are Mediterranean in character.這些房子都屬地中海風格。character
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3interesting quality that sth has有趣的特點ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHARACTER | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, great相當有特點;極具特色VERB + CHARACTER➤have有特點◇His face has character-I'll say that for it.說句公道話 - 他的臉長得很有特點。➤add, give sth增加特點;使某物具有特點◇the individual touches that give character to a house使這個房子具有特色的獨特情調PREPOSITION➤of character具有⋯特質◇buildings of considerable character風格獨特的建築PHRASES➤full of character很有特色◇The restaurant is cheap and full of character.這家餐館價格不高而且很有特色。➤have a character (all) of its own有本身的特色◇Your handwriting has a character of its own.你寫的字別具一格。character
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4person's inner strength內在力量ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHARACTER | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great頑強的毅力VERB + CHARACTER➤show顯示毅力◇The team showed great character in coming back to win.該隊反敗為勝,顯示了頑強的毅力。➤build培養毅力◇Adventure camps are considered to be character-building.人們認為歷險營有助於毅力的培養。PHRASES➤strength of character毅力character
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5person in a story, film/movie, etc.(故事、電影等中的)人物ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHARACTER | CHARACTER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤central, chief, lead, leading, main, principal, title中心人物;主人公;主要人物;主角▸➤minor, supporting次要角色;配角▸➤fictional, fictitious小說中的/虛構的人物▸➤believable, realistic可信的角色;栩栩如生的人物▸➤sympathetic, unsympathetic討人喜歡的/不討人喜歡的角色▸➤comic, heroic, tragic喜劇/英雄/悲劇角色▸➤animated, cartoon動畫/卡通人物VERB + CHARACTER➤play, portray扮演/飾演角色◇The main character is played by Nicole Kidman.主角由妮科爾・基德曼扮演。➤inhabit進入角色◇The two lead actors inhabit their characters fully.兩位主演完全進入角色。➤build, create, develop, invent塑造角色◇the artist who developed the Superman character塑造了超人角色的藝術家➤feature以⋯角色為主角◇The film also features the new character Mary Anna Morrison.這部電影還有一個新主角瑪麗・安娜・莫里森。➤depict, draw描繪/刻畫人物➤introduce介紹人物▸➤kill off把角色寫死◇The writers killed off her character when she wanted to leave the soap.她不想繼續演這個肥皂劇了,編劇們就寫死了她的這個角色。CHARACTER + NOUN➤development角色塑造PREPOSITION➤in character以角色的身分◇The actors remained in character to answer questions from the audience.演員們以戲中角色的身分回答觀眾的問題。character
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6letter/sign in writing/printing字母;符號ADJECTIVE | ... OF CHARACTERS | VERB + CHARACTER | CHARACTER + NOUNADJECTIVE➤Chinese, etc.漢字等▸➤ASCII, numeric美國信息交換標準代碼;數字... OF CHARACTERS➤set, string一組/一串字符VERB + CHARACTER➤insert插入字符▸➤delete刪除字符CHARACTER + NOUN➤set, string字符組;字符串
character noun ⇨character (the main characters)⇨charm (strength of character)⇨nature1 (buildings that are traditional in character)⇨number2 (the characters on the keyboard)⇨person (a strange character)⇨personality (your true character)⇨reputation (a man of good character)character
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character ♦︎ role ♦︎ partThese are all words for a person who appears in a story.这些词均表示故事中的人物、角色。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the character / role / part of sb◆a part / role in sth◆a major / minor character / role / part◆to play a character / role / part■character [countable] a person, animal or other creature that appears as a figure in a story(故事中的)人物,角色◆The minor characters in the novel provide a lot of the humour.小说中的那些小角色制造了很多幽默。◆cartoon characters动画片中的角色◆a character actor(= an actor who always plays interesting secondary characters in films)性格演员■role [countable] a character that an actor plays in a play or film(戏剧或电影的)角色◆It is one of the greatest roles she has played.这是她扮演过最重要的角色之一。◆Who is in the leading role(= the most important one)?谁演主角?■part [countable] a character that an actor plays in a play or film; the words spoken by an actor in a particular role(戏剧或电影的)角色;台词◆She was very good in the part.她这个角色演得很好。◆Have you learned your part yet?你记住你的台词了吗?◆ (figurative) He's always playing a part(= pretending to be sth that he is not).他总是装模作样的。