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

• The charming characters she draws look like they could have walked out of the 1920s.
  她画的那些优雅迷人的人物就好像是从20世纪30年代走出来的一样。
• The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment
  人的道德品质不是遗传的，而是由环境塑造而成。
• 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。
• I only know a few Chinese characters.
  我只认识有限的几个汉字。
• When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.
  一想到探险者，我们很多人脑海中浮现的便是长途跋涉前往北极的非凡人物形象。
• The characters in this story are all fictitious.
  这个故事里的人物都是假想的。
• He's made the characters believable.
  他让个个角色都逼真可信。
• Three characters are missing in this line.
  这一行里脱了3个字。
• The two characters form a single word, they cannot be separated.
  这两个字构成一个词，不能拆开。
• 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。