define是什么意思？

define

英[dɪˈfaɪn] 美[dɪˈfaɪn]

• vt. 规定，使明确，精确地解释，画出…的线条；
• vi. （给词、短语等）下定义，构成释义；

过去式：defined;

过去分词：defined;

现在分词：defining;

第三人称单数：defines;

形容词：definable;

例句

• Could you define the two terms-public relations and lobbyist respectively to our large number of readers? 您可以为我刊广大读者分别定义一下公共关系和说客这两个词吗?。
• They disagreed on how to define “liberal”. 他们对如何解释“liberal”一词的词义有不同意见。
• Yes. I'd you to define them more specifically. 是的.请你说得具体些.
• Harbage continues more specifically to define Shakespeare's ethical outlook. 哈比奇接着更具体地阐述了莎士比亚的道德观.
• How do people define the continental shelf? 人们怎么确定陆架的范围的?
• The down sides to our inventions - the wars, weapons, holocausts, pollution - these too define our being. 发明的阴暗面——战争 、 武器 、 屠杀 、 污染 —— 同样也定义了我们.
• The criminal statutes define the acts that are felonies and misdemeanors. 刑法中的法则定义了什么是重罪、什么是轻罪.
• The Clayton Antitrust Act tried to define more clearly what was meant by restraint of trade. 克雷顿反托拉斯法对“限制贸易”的含义作出更明确的规定.
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load. 其次,需要确定所作用的载荷.
• To systematically define the sensitivity and repeatability of heat pain threshold, using the Medoc TSA - 2001 device. 目的:研究应用medocTSA-2001测定热痛阈的可信度和灵敏度.

同义词

• vt.
  define的同义词之：确定界线,限定范围
  establish, set, fix, outline, limit, circumscribe,
  define的同义词之：解释,使明确
  describe, clarify, explain,
• define的同义词之：其他释义
  outline, formulate, describe, explain, qualify, fix, specify, set, clarify, distinguish, establish,

英语四级真题

If that's how we're defining digital textbooks, there's no hope of that becoming a mainstream product.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Norms define how people " ought" to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
Excessive Internet use should be defined not by the number of hours spent online but "in terms of losses," said Maressa Orzack, a Harvard University professor.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
Humanistic thinking helps define our culture and values.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  阐明;规定;限定;使明确
  If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
  例句
  We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him... 我们说不清楚他到底哪里不对劲。 He was asked to define his concept of cool. 他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。
• VERB
  给…下定义;解释
  If you define a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.
  例句
  When people are asked 'What is intelligence?' they tend to reply: 'I don't know how to define it, but I can certainly recognize it when I see it.'... 当被问及“智力是什么”的时候，人们往往会回答说：“我不知道该如何定义它，但我见到了肯定就能认得出。” Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as 'a person obsessively addicted to work'. 《柯林斯英语词典》给“工作狂”一词下的定义是“一个过分沉溺于工作中的人”。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  精确地解释; 界定
  Please define the words. 请准确地解释这些字的意义。 They defined him as a rogue. 他们确定他为骗子。
  规定, 确定
  Please listen while I define your duties. 在我规定你的职责时, 请仔细听好。 The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。 It's hard to define exactly what has changed. 很难解释清楚到底发生了什么变化。
  给(词、短语等)下定义；解释(词义等)；阐述
  They disagreed on how to define “liberal”. 他们对如何解释“liberal”一词的词义有不同意见。
  说明(事物)的性质(或本质)，明确(事物)的范围和性质；详述，描述
  This booklet defines the committee's functions. 这本小册子说明该委员会的职能。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. give a definition for the meaning of a word;
  "Define `sadness'"
  2. determine the essential quality of
  3. determine the nature of;
  "What defines a good wine?"
  4. delineate the form or outline of;
  "The tree was clearly defined by the light""The camera could define the smallest object"

行业词典

• 体育： 解说；下定义；
  法律： 给…下定义；