define

英[dɪˈfaɪn]美[dɪˈfaɪn]

v.阐明，限定，给…下定义，描出…的界线；

第三人称单数：defines;

过去式：defined;

过去分词：defined;

现在分词：defining;

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.

英语六级真题

a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the other hand, race is also understood to be a poorly defined marker of that diversity.

I’m going to define what love is, but then most of the experiments I’m going to talk about are really focused more on attraction than love.

Once you have started the boulder rolling, it develops momentum, which is defined by its mass and velocity.

Economic inequality is the defining challenge of our time.

Humanistic thinking helps define our culture and values.

But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values.

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.

I'm going to define what love is, but then most of the experiments I'm going to talk about are really focused more on attraction than love.

So how would you define Jazz?

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

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

英汉词典释义

vt.

精确地解释; 界定

规定, 确定

画出…的线条；描出…的外形；确定…的界线；界定

给(词、短语等)下定义；解释(词义等)；阐述

说明(事物)的性质(或本质)，明确(事物)的范围和性质；详述，描述

使明确，弄明确，明确说明(或规定)

使…的轮廓(或外形)清楚(或分明)

是…的特色，表明特征；为…的特性

vi.

(给词、短语等)下定义；构成释义

英英词典释义

Verb

1. give a definition for the meaning of a word;

2. determine the essential quality of

3. determine the nature of;

4. delineate the form or outline of;

行业词典

体育： 解说；下定义；

法律： 给…下定义；