| 单词 | character |
| 释义 | charactercharacter /ˈkærɪktɚ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1ALL somebody'S QUALITIES [countable, uncountable] the combination of qualities that makes someone a particular kind of person: Ron’s sports obsession is an interesting aspect of his character. That kind of sloppiness is completely out of character for Kris (=not typical). It’s perfectly in character for Frederick to be rude (=typical for him). Kindness is one of Darla’s most attractive character traits. One of my worst character defects is my feelings of jealousy (=an unpleasant part of my character). → see characteristic1THESAURUSpersonality – the mixture of qualities that make you a particular kind of person who behaves in a particular way with other people: Emma has a very friendly, easy-going personality.nature – your character, and the usual way that you behave: Mark would never hurt anyone – it’s not in his nature.temperament – the type of character you have that you show in your emotions: My brother and I have different temperaments. He gets very excited about things, but I’m more relaxed and calm.disposition formal – disposition means the same as temperament: John has a cheerful disposition and is always fun to be with.spirit – the combination of basic qualities that come through in everything a person does: She had a generous and kind spirit and only wished good things for people around her.2QUALITIES OF something [countable, uncountable] the particular combination of features and qualities that makes a thing or place different from all others: Each neighborhood has its own unique character.character of The character of the school has changed. The discussions were political in character. The Civil War helped shape the American national character (=qualities that are thought to be typical of people from a particular country).3INTERESTING QUALITY [uncountable] a quality that makes someone or something special and interesting: The house is old, with lots of character. The town lacks character (=is not interesting).4PERSON [countable] a)eng. lang. arts a person in a book, play, movie, etc.: In the show, she plays the character Susan. cartoon characters I found it hard to like the main character. b)a character an interesting and unusual person: Max is quite a character! c)a person of a particular kind, especially one you do not like SYN type: He was a repulsive character.5GOOD QUALITIES [uncountable] a combination of qualities such as courage, loyalty, and honesty that are admired and regarded as valuable: What you did showed real character. My grandfather was a man of exceptional character. The club promotes character building (=activity aimed at developing these qualities) activities for young boys. It takes character to admit you are wrong. We admired her strength of character.6REPUTATION [uncountable] the opinion that people have about whether you are a good person and can be trusted: Release of the story will certainly damage his character. The campaign was accused of character assassination because of the negative ads (=an unfair attack on someone’s character). → see also character reference, character witness7LETTER/SIGN [countable] eng. lang. arts a letter, mark, or sign used in writing, printing, or on a computer: How do you write the Chinese character for horse? The password should be at least six characters long.8in character eng. lang. arts if actors do something in character, they do it in the way that the characters they are playing would do it, and not the way they would normally do it: Do you stay in character all day on the set?[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French caractere, from Latin character mark, particular quality] |
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