vt.表示 ... 的典型;赋予 ... 特色
The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate. 这位小说家把女主人公刻画成变化无常而又多情的人。
He may be characterized as a man of hobbies. 他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。
Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details. 你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。
Bold outlines and warm colors characterize his dominate style in painting. 他大胆的绘画和所有的暖色调表现了他独有的绘画特色。
characterize作“以…为特征”解时,常用于被动结构; 作“描述,描绘”解时,常用于“characterize+ n./pron. +as n./adj. ”结构。
characterize在英式英语中又作characterise。