define

美 [dɪˈfaɪn]
英 [dɪ'faɪn]
  • v.界定；明确；阐明；解释（词语的含义）
  • 网络定义；下定义；给…下定义
第三人称单数：defines  现在分词：defining  过去式：defined  

搭配

同义词

权威英汉双解

英汉

英英

网络释义

defIne
v.
1.
解释（词语的含义）；给…下定义to say or explain what the meaning of a word or phrase is
The term ‘mental illness’ is difficult to define.
“精神病”这个词很难下定义。
Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law.
按照州法律终身监禁定义为 60 年。
2.
阐明；明确；界定to describe or show sth accurately
We need to define the task ahead very clearly.
我们需要明确今后的任务。
The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete.
问题的难易度是以解决这个问题所花时间的长短而定的。
It is difficult to define what makes him so popular.
很难解释清楚什么原因使他如此走红。
3.
~ sth
画出…的线条；描出…的外形；确定…的界线；界定to show clearly a line, shape or edge
The mountain was sharply defined against the sky.
那座山在天空的衬托下显得轮廓分明。

例句

释义:
全部全部,界定界定,明确明确,阐明阐明,解释解释,定义定义,下定义下定义,给…下定义给…下定义
类别:全部全部,口语口语,书面语书面语,标题标题,技术技术
来源:全部全部,字典字典,网络网络
难度:全部全部,简单简单,中等中等,难难
1.
From the moment of his first speaking to us, his voice had connected itself with an association in my mind that I could not define.
从他一开始和我们说话起，他的声音就在我的脑海里引起一种模模糊糊的联想。
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2.
Many researchers define irregular settlements as those that develop outside of the law. But such a notion can be misleading .
许多研究人员把这种“非正规居住”定义为违法操作，但这种观点可能导致误解。
iask.sina.com.cn
3.
Industry has spent the last five years trying to define the role the Internet would play in the global economy.
计算机业界已经历了五年时间试图定义因特网在全球经济中所扮演的角色。
www.ibm.com
4.
If you plan to define parameters, name each cell that you want users to be able to use for input.
如果您打算定义参数，请命名希望用户能够用于输入的每个单元格。
office.microsoft.com
5.
She would be very unlikely to respect a child, it is difficult to clearly define the child is a complete independent personality.
她很可能不尊重孩子，难以清晰地界定孩子是另一完整的独立的个性。
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6.
The circle hot spot allows you to define the location for the center and a radius to determine the size.
使用圆形作用点，您可以定义圆心的位置和半径来决定大小。
msdn2.microsoft.com
7.
Timer to define a category on the timer object is initialized to its initial value data member, said the number of seconds given.
定义一个计时器类，对计时器对象初始化就是给其数据成员赋初值表示秒数。
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8.
For the Year of the Rabbit, I have resolved to stop trying to define, categorize, or draw boxes around people.
在兔年到来之际，我已经下定决心不再尝试去给人下定义或是进行分类。
blog.163.com
9.
The second ui: define tag lets you specify the body of the page, which in the template page has no default content.
第二个ui：define标记让您指定页面主体，在模板页面中没有默认内容。
www.ibm.com
10.
Most famously, as a young man, he made a list of personal virtues that he determined should define his life.
最著名的是那个单子，当他年轻时就明白的自己所要坚持的信条。
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