a parent, relative, friend, or doctor outside the family, had higher self-esteem, higher grades, and lower substance use than peers whose role models were sports figures, singers, or other media characters.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
One free social networking website turned out to successful because it limited each posting to one hundred and forty characters
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Twitter's huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to 140 characters.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
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（人的）性格，个性;(地方的)特点
The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
例句
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。
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。
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N-SING
特点;特征;特色
If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality.
例句
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。
The state farms were semi-military in character.
那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。
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N-SING
(某地人具有的)特点，特色，特征
You can use character to refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have.
例句
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。
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人物;人
You use character to say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strange character, you mean they are strange.
例句
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。
What a sad character that Nigel is.
奈杰尔真是个可悲的人哪。
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人品;品行
Your character is your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest.
例句
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。
Mr Bartman was a man of good character.
巴特曼先生品德高尚。
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(坚强的)个性，性格;人格力量
If you say that someone has character, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations.
例句
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。
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。
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(地方的)与众不同之处，特色
If you say that a place has character, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it.
例句
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。
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(电影、书、戏剧里的)人物，角色
The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about.
例句
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。
He's made the characters believable.
他让个个角色都逼真可信。
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有趣的人;怪人;滑稽的人
If you say that someone is a character, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing.
例句
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。
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字母;数字;文字；字符
A character is a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed.
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符合/不符合…的性格(或特点)
If someone's actions are in character, they are doing what you would expect them to do, knowing what kind of person they are. If their actions are out of character, they are not doing what you would expect them to do.
例句
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。
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？