把某人某事說成…
換成人來做這件事：由你挑出要講哪個特徵，於是這句話同時透露了你怎麼看它。
describe as · verb · B2
To describe what someone or something is like, in the particular way that you see them.
形容為；把…說成
核心畫面
Picture the one feature that makes a thing recognisably itself — the quality you would name if you had to name only one. The verb can work in either direction: the feature can do the work (it characterizes the thing), or a person can do it, choosing which feature to name and thereby deciding how the thing gets seen.
可以想成：讓一樣東西一眼就認得出來的那個特徵——如果只能講一點，你會講的那一點。這個動詞可以往兩個方向走：由特徵本身…更多收起
可以想成：讓一樣東西一眼就認得出來的那個特徵——如果只能講一點，你會講的那一點。這個動詞可以往兩個方向走：由特徵本身來做（它就是這樣東西的特色），或由一個人來做——挑出哪個特徵來講，也就決定了別人怎麼看它。From the picture
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typify · verb · C1
To be the quality or feature that makes a person, place, or thing what it is.
是…的特色
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
characterizeverb/ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/
- 1
To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
- [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
- 2
To be typical of.
- There is no way to avoid the slight cups, crooks, bows and twists that characterize wood.
- 3
To determine the characteristics of.
- The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time.
- This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize, measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。