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单词 characterize
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characterizeverb [ T ]

UK usually characterise uk/ˈkær.ək.tə.raɪz/us/ˈker.ək.tɚ.aɪz/

Something that characterizes another thing is typical of it:

Bright colours and bold strokes characterize his early paintings.

to describe something by stating its main qualities:

In her essay, she characterizes the whole era as a period of radical change.

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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying

  • analogy
  • archetype
  • be sb all over idiom
  • betoken
  • by way of idiom
  • genre
  • hold
  • mark
  • mirror
  • Mr
  • Mrs
  • quintessential
  • representative
  • stand
  • trademark
  • true
  • trust
  • trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
  • typical
  • typically

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Defining & explaining

characterizeverb [ T ]

us/ˈkær·ək·təˌrɑɪz/

to have as a typical quality:

The current system is characterized by obsolete technology.

To characterize something also means to describe it by stating its main qualities:

She characterized the novel as wordy in places but very funny.
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