characterize
['kæriktəraiz]
vt.表示 ... 的典型, 赋予 ... 特色
例句与用法：
We characterize people by their appearances.
我们以外表来区分别人。
The rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.
这种疾病的特征是出疹子和发高烧; 以堤坝和运河为特色的一个地区
The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate.
这位小说家把女主人公刻画成变化无常而又多情的人。
He may be characterized as a man of hobbies.
他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。
Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details.
你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。
词形变化：
名词: characterizer | 动词过去式: characterized | 动词过去分词: characterized | 动词现在分词: characterizing | 动词第三人称单数: characterizes |
详细释义：
vt.
1. 描绘……的特性[(+as)]
The author characterizes the central figure as a weakling.
作者把书中的中心人物描绘成一个懦弱的人。
2. 具有……的特征, 以……为特征
A miser is characterized by greed.
守财奴的特点是贪婪。