characters

英 [ˈkærɪktəz]

美 [ˈkærɪktərz]

n.  (人、集体的)品质，性格; (地方的)特点，特性; (事物、事件或地方的)特点，特征，特色; 勇气; 毅力
character的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （人的）性格，个性;(地方的)特点
  Thecharacterof a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
  1. Perhaps there is a negative side to his character that you haven't seen yet...
     或许，他性格中不好的一面你还没有看见。
  2. The character of this country has been formed by immigration.
     这个国家的国民性是由移民形成的。
• N-SING 特点;特征;特色
  If something has a particularcharacter, it has a particular quality.
  1. The financial concessions granted to British Aerospace were, he said, of a precarious character...
     他说，向英国宇航公司给予财政优惠未获证实。
  2. The state farms were semi-military in character.
     那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。
• N-SING (某地人具有的)特点，特色，特征
  You can usecharacterto refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have.
  1. Individuality is a valued and inherent part of the British character.
     个性鲜明是英国人固有的、也是他们看重的特点。
• N-COUNT 人物;人
  You usecharacterto say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strangecharacter, you mean they are strange.
  1. It's that kind of courage and determination that makes him such a remarkable character...
     就是那种勇气和决心使他成为如此了不起的人。
  2. What a sad character that Nigel is.
     奈杰尔真是个可悲的人哪。
• N-VAR 人品;品行
  Yourcharacteris your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone isofgoodcharacter, they are reliable and honest. If they areofbadcharacter, they are unreliable and dishonest.
  1. He's begun a series of personal attacks on my character...
     他开始对我进行一连串的人身攻击。
  2. Mr Bartman was a man of good character.
     巴特曼先生品德高尚。
• N-UNCOUNT (坚强的)个性，性格;人格力量
  If you say that someone hascharacter, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations.
  1. She showed real character in her attempts to win over the crowd...
     她在努力获得民众的支持时，表现出真正的人格力量。
  2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
     我当时不知道罗恩有那么坚强的个性。
• N-UNCOUNT (地方的)与众不同之处，特色
  If you say that a place hascharacter, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it.
  1. An ugly shopping centre stands across from one of the few buildings with character.
     一座难看的购物中心对面，耸立着为数不多的几幢别具特色的大楼之一。
• N-COUNT (电影、书、戏剧里的)人物，角色
  Thecharactersin a film, book, or play are the people that it is about.
  1. The film is autobiographical and the central character is played by Collard himself...
     这部电影是自传体，其中的主角由科勒德亲自扮演。
  2. He's made the characters believable.
     他让个个角色都逼真可信。
• N-COUNT 有趣的人;怪人;滑稽的人
  If you say that someone is acharacter, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing.
  1. He'll be sadly missed. He was a real character.
     人们会非常怀念他的，他可真是个有趣的人啊。
• 字母;数字;文字；字符
  Acharacteris a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed.
• PHRASE 符合/不符合…的性格(或特点)
  If someone's actions arein character, they are doing what you would expect them to do, knowing what kind of person they are. If their actions areout of character, they are not doing what you would expect them to do.
  1. It was entirely in character for Rachel to put her baby first...
     把自己的婴孩放在第一位，这完全符合雷切尔的性格。
  2. What else could make him behave so out of character?
     还有什么能让他做出这种如此失常的行为来？

双语例句

• It is drama featuring fictional characters
  这部戏剧中的人物是虚构的。
• Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
  只有姓名是古代的；人物都是现代的、摩登的。
• Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.
  格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。
• Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.
  他们的性格已经完全形成，两人都是非常持重的孩子。
• On PC, the game had it all — imaginative storyline and characters, challenging gameplay, superb graphics.
  个人电脑里的游戏非常完美，从想象力丰富的故事情节及人物到富有挑战性的游戏设计和精美画面，应有尽有。
• What she and her characters leave unsaid is often more important than what they actually put into words
  她和她作品中的角色避而不谈的内容往往比明言的更为重要。
• The machine can recognise handwritten characters and turn them into printed text
  这种机器能够识别手写字体，并将其转化为打印文本。
• The two characters form a single word, they cannot be separated.
  这两个字构成一个词，不能拆开。
• Bragg weaves together the histories of his main characters.
  布拉格把他主要人物的身世都串在一起。
• He's made the characters believable.
  他让个个角色都逼真可信。