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n.
特性描述
(对书或戏剧中人物的)刻画,塑造
<正>描述方法
界定方法
char·ac·ter·i·za·tion
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Noun
1. a graphic or vivid verbal description;
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
"the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
"the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
2. the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features;
"the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
3. acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
1560年代,“标记出精确形式”(现已过时); 参见 characterize + 名词后缀 -ation。1814年开始出现“描述基本特征,用言语描绘”的意思。
特性,特征
定性
see character >entry 1
The first known use of characterization was in 1841
Cherokeenoun
a member of an Indigenous people originally from Tennessee and North Carolinaalso: their language
cheerlessadjective
offering no cheer : gloomy
cheerlessadjective
offering no cheer : gloomy
cheerleadernoun
a person who leads organized cheering (as at a football or basketball game)
cheddarnoun
a hard yellow or white cheese of smooth texture
checkroomnoun
a room at which baggage, parcels, or clothing can be left for safekeeping
chat roomnoun
an online interactive discussion group on the Internet
charyadjective
cautious especially to protect something
chary of his reputation
slow to give, accept, or spend
chary of praise
characterizationnoun
the act of characterizing
the creation of characters (as in a book or play)
1 Ms. Dunye’s loose, confident approach to characterizations makes the political issues play in a narratively organic way rather than as a series of contrived polemics.
2 The first season started out unsteadily, with uneven characterizations and a rather torpid pace.
3 All I want from a reviewer is a sense of the pace, rhythm, characterization and place, and how they are delivered.
4 That characterization, echoed by other critics, incorrectly describes the report, according to several academics and Syria-watchers.
5 I can’t say the device is any more plausible here than it was in “The Horizontal Man,” but Millar’s storytelling brio compensates for her creaky characterizations.
6 Ron Paul, who had earlier defended his characterization of Santorum as a "fake" conservative, pounced.
7 The rest of the time, their inventive characterizations and a beguiling physical production deliver on its ambitious promise.
8 The new-old steps were especially fascinating, but characterizations and dramatic connections were also transformed.
9 Comcast, in a statement, took issue with several of the senators' characterizations.
10 Mr. Jackson responded to that characterization by noting that the first winner of “The Voice,” Javier Colon, had been rejected by a previous record company.
11 I’m pretty at home with characterization, because acting is really good training for that, and I’m at home with the actual sentence-to-sentence writing.
12 Beatty's reliance on so many textured backstories and secondary characterizations feels both revelatory and absolutely intentional.
13 While some might dismiss this characterization—indeed, some reject the notion that schizophrenia is a sickness at all—Wang embraces it: “Under its auspices, I remain a rare bird who . . . will likely be sick forever.”
14 It is an exacting and pitiable characterization, which sheds some light on a tradition of abuse that damages everyone it grazes.
15 While I don't think Sandler is a self-hating Jew, the irresponsibility of his characterization is galling, especially considering that Stone is the only major Jewish character in the entire story.
16 The chain pushed back against the university's characterization, saying the restaurant is merely providing food and doesn't have any agenda.
17 It's a characterization that stops short of being comic but has some of the same bluster and blunder one finds in the characters of Synge and O'Casey.
18 “The detective was an alcoholic, which was great the first time out, a real issue, real characterization,” Child said of some contemporary noir stories.
19 “She defies characterization, but Hollywood didn’t know what to do with her,” Goldberg added.
20 Still, I was embarrassed as I left the voice mail, in which I said I was sorry in advance for this article and any imprecise or inadequate characterizations of her that might appear in it.
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3 鉴定
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5 刻画
6 描述
7 描述…的特性