character

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adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
characteristic：典型的；特有的；表示特性的。
characterized：以…為特點的。
characterless：無個性的；缺乏特征的；平凡的。
adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
characteristically：典型地；表示特性地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
characteristic：特征；特性；特色。
characterization：描述；特性描述。
characterisation：（英）特性描述；性格化（等于characterization）。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
characterize：塑造人物。
characterise：在文藝作品中塑造人物；描繪性格。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
characterize：描繪…的特性；具有…的特征。
characterise：刻劃……的性格；表示……的特性。

character的基本意思是“個性”“特色”。主要指某人、事物或地點所具有的區(qū)別于他人、他物、他地點的所有屬性,即某人、事物、地點具有的獨特的品質(zhì)或本質(zhì),也可指一個人根深蒂固的心理特征的綜合,即個人特定的內(nèi)在本質(zhì)。多用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。
character也可指“品行,德性”,如原則性強、誠實等，這時用作不可數(shù)名詞。
character作“人”解時是非正式用法,或謂其古怪滑稽,或含貶義。也可指小說、戲劇中出現(xiàn)的“人物,角色”。
character還可作書寫或印刷的“字體”“符號”解,“漢字”一般說Chinese characters。
character意為“性格”，characteristic是“性格里的特質(zhì)”，多個characteristics可以合成一個character，而一個人只可以有一個character；
在指人時，在表語用法習(xí)慣里有a/an，但在定語用法習(xí)慣里沒有a/an。You are of a fine character.
在不指人時，在表語或定語用法習(xí)慣里通常都有a/an，在定語用法里也有不用a/an，但不普遍。
This book is of a literary character.

(QUALITY) the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others
(IN A STORY) a person represented in a film, play, or story
(PERSON) a person, especially when you are describing a particular quality that they have
(MARK) a letter, number, or other mark or sign used in writing or printing, or the space one of these takes

The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
You use character to say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strange character, you mean they are strange.
The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about.
A character is a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed.
If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality.
You can use character to refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have.
Your character is your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest.
If you say that someone has character, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations.
If you say that a place has character, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it.
If you say that someone is a character, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing.