define的经典引文有哪些

1. 规定，明文规定
2. （使）明确，确定，确立，肯定
3. 解释（词语的含义），阐明，阐述
4. 限定，为...立界限，定界说
5. 为...下定义
6. 固定
7. 判定
8. 范定，划定，界定
9. 确定...的界线
10. 使...的轮廓分明，画出…的线条，描出…的外形
11. 为...的特性，是...的特色
12. 精确地解释

1. determine the essential quality of
2. give a definition for the meaning of a word;

   "Define `sadness'"
   

3. determine the nature of;

   "What defines a good wine?"
   

4. show the form or outline of;

   "The tree was clearly defined by the light"
   "The camera could define the smallest object"
   

5. decide upon or fix definitely;

   "fix the variables"
   "specify the parameters"
   

1.阐明;规定;限定;使明确
If youdefine something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.

e.g. We were unable todefine what exactly was wrong with him...
我们说不清楚他到底哪里不对劲。
e.g. He was asked todefine his concept of cool.
他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。

2.给…下定义;解释
If youdefine a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.

e.g. When people are asked 'What is intelligence?' they tend to reply: 'I don't know how todefine 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。”
e.g. 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”。

1. Please define the words.
   请准确地解释这些字的意义。
2. I can't define the word.
   我说不出这个字的准确意思。
3. Some words are hard to define because they have many different usages.
   有些单词因有许多不同的用法而难以下定义。
4. Can you define the word project ?
   你能解释project这个词的意义吗?
5. Please listen while I define your duties.
   在我规定你的职责时,请仔细听好。
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6. The powers of a judge are defined by law.
   法官的权限是由法律规定的。
7. The powers of a president are defined in the constitution.
   总统的权力在宪法里做了规定。
8. When boundaries between countries are not clearly defined, there is usually trouble.
   国与国之间的国界未明确划定时,常发生纠纷。
9. The mountain was clearly defined against the eastern sky.
   那山被东方的天际衬托着,轮廓分明。

1. The Constitution defines that women enjoy exactly the same rights as men.《
   宪法》规定妇女享有与男子完全相同的权利。

1. I cannot define what that something is.
   某事物究竟是什么,我无法精确地解释。

1. You can define the word difficult as not easy .
   你可以把difficult解释为not easy.
2. We usually define energy as the ability to do work.
   我们通常定义energy是做功的能力。
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3. In the contract agreed between the union and the employers, overtime is defined as work after 6 p.m. on weekdays, and anytime on Saturdays,Sundays, and public holidays.
   根据工会和雇主达成的协定,加班时间定为平时每天下午六点以后以及星期六、日及公休日的全部时间。

• A more ready way to define Controversies.

  出自：I. Barrow

define, assign, prescribe

这组词的共同意思是“规定”。其区别是：

define是指为了避免混乱等而确定范围; assign的本义是分配、分派任务的意思; 而prescribe是指作为规则、方针而加以确定。