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单词 characterization
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Definition of characterization in English:

characterization

(British characterisation)
noun karaktərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɛrəktəraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The creation or construction of a fictional character.

    he preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict
    count noun the film's narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the dynamic of this relationship is fairly bland, the characterization of the killer is more inspired.
    • Technically outstanding, it offers all the visual thrills of a superhero action movie set in the recent past, and boasts marvelous characterizations from a top cast.
    • With its predetermined characterizations, the film needs all the charisma of its stars to win the emotional investment of the audience.
    • There's little in the way of plot or characterization, so the whole point seems to be waiting around for something gory to happen, which it does around every six minutes.
    • Inside every characterization lurks the possibility of parody.
    • The actor doesn't cop out by relying on past characterizations.
    • There is a fairly violent characterization of a therapist in this book.
    • What she is trying to do is to produce the conflict, the characterization, the action, that will constitute a drama.
    • Not one of them acquires the slightest depth of characterization in the course of the book's 300-plus pages.
    • It was the writer's first solo credit, and it appears that he missed a couple of lessons on characterization and development.
  • 2A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

    she rejected that characterization of her film
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This questions the continuing relevance in the light of changing characterizations and ways of experiencing modernity.
    • His military/political vocabulary provides an amusing contrast with conventional characterizations of science.
    • At another level, it could not help but replicate these earlier characterizations of degenerate families.
    • Others objected to the artist's characterization of Jane Grey on purely historical grounds.
    • A key to consistency is characterization—that is, an understanding of how the fiber will perform under various conditions.
    • Others have developed formal characterizations of equality of resources, opportunity, and outcomes.
    • Their characterization of the neoclassical model approach to rural development is far too narrow.
    • She has linked her interpretations of well-being in terms of capabilities to characterizations of egalitarianism.
    • Although both characterizations are widely prevalent, they are also mutually incompatible.
    • The government provided no concrete characterization of the actual threat and offered no evidence to back up its increasingly sensationalized warnings.
 
 

Definition of characterization in US English:

characterization

(British characterisation)
nounˌkɛrəktəraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌkerəktərīˈzāSH(ə)n
  • 1The creation or construction of a fictional character.

    he preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict
    the film's narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Technically outstanding, it offers all the visual thrills of a superhero action movie set in the recent past, and boasts marvelous characterizations from a top cast.
    • Inside every characterization lurks the possibility of parody.
    • Although the dynamic of this relationship is fairly bland, the characterization of the killer is more inspired.
    • There is a fairly violent characterization of a therapist in this book.
    • There's little in the way of plot or characterization, so the whole point seems to be waiting around for something gory to happen, which it does around every six minutes.
    • The actor doesn't cop out by relying on past characterizations.
    • It was the writer's first solo credit, and it appears that he missed a couple of lessons on characterization and development.
    • What she is trying to do is to produce the conflict, the characterization, the action, that will constitute a drama.
    • With its predetermined characterizations, the film needs all the charisma of its stars to win the emotional investment of the audience.
    • Not one of them acquires the slightest depth of characterization in the course of the book's 300-plus pages.
  • 2A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

    she rejected that characterization of her film
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has linked her interpretations of well-being in terms of capabilities to characterizations of egalitarianism.
    • This questions the continuing relevance in the light of changing characterizations and ways of experiencing modernity.
    • Others objected to the artist's characterization of Jane Grey on purely historical grounds.
    • Their characterization of the neoclassical model approach to rural development is far too narrow.
    • Although both characterizations are widely prevalent, they are also mutually incompatible.
    • A key to consistency is characterization—that is, an understanding of how the fiber will perform under various conditions.
    • His military/political vocabulary provides an amusing contrast with conventional characterizations of science.
    • Others have developed formal characterizations of equality of resources, opportunity, and outcomes.
    • At another level, it could not help but replicate these earlier characterizations of degenerate families.
    • The government provided no concrete characterization of the actual threat and offered no evidence to back up its increasingly sensationalized warnings.
 
 
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