音标:[di'fain] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vt. 定义, 规定, 使明确
[计] 定义
v. give a definition for the meaning of a word
v. determine the nature of
v. show the form or outline of
词型变化:过去分词 : defined ; 现在分词 : defining ; 过去式 : defined ; 第三人称单数 : defines
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研]
词性分布:
动词100%

define的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. We should clearly define the scope of our research.我们应该明确规定我们的研究范围。
  2. The bank needs to define and delegate the responsibilities related to the various aspects of its marketing programme.银行必须规定并授予与营销计划有关的各项职权。
  3. The dependent claim shall,by additional technical features,further define the claim which it refers to.从属权利要求应当用附加的技术特征,对引用的权利要求作进一步限定。
  4. The section defines the extent of application of the Act.该条款用来限定该法令的适用范围。
  5. How do you define laziness?你是怎么定义懒惰的呢?
  6. We can define marital felicity accurately.我们能够给美满婚姻下个准确定义。
  7. 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。
  8. Some have even defined genius to be only common sense intensified.有人甚至将天赋解释为只是增强的常识。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  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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  7. The powers of a judge are defined by law.法官的权限是由法律规定的。
  8. The powers of a president are defined in the constitution.总统的权力在宪法里做了规定。
  9. 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。
  10. The mountain was clearly defined against the eastern sky.那山被东方的天际衬托着,轮廓分明。
S+~+that-clause
  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。
S+~+wh-clause
  1. I cannot define what that something is.某事物究竟是什么,我无法精确地解释。
S+~+ n./pron. +as n.
  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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  4. 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。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • define the boundaries明确地界
  • define an expression〔a word〕解释某个词语
  • define one's meaning明确某人的意思
  • define one's position明确某人的地位
  • define the shape of the building衬托着大楼的形状
  • define a square as a rectangle with four equal sides正方形定义为四边相等的方形
~+副词
  • define well划分明白
  • define boldly大胆解释
  • define brilliantly明智地解释
  • define cleanly清晰地定义
  • define clearly明确划分
  • define closely严密地解释
  • define commonly普通定义
  • define crudely无理地解释
  • define exactly精确地解释
  • define informally非正式地解释
  • define insufficiently不严格地解释
  • define interestingly有趣地解释
  • define particularly特别解释
  • define possibly可能地解释
  • define precisely确切地下定义
  • define rigidly从严格定义上说
  • define sharply尖锐地解释
  • define technically熟练地解释
  • define usually普通解释
~+介词
  • define against衬托
  • define as说成是,定义为,解释为
  • define by被…规定
  • define with用…立界

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学英语单词
all-out effort
ammonia cooler
ampa
appointed member
Arouet
aseptic myocarditis of newborn
assquake
atomweight
bacchanalias
Ban Hai
be roses all the way
Beaujeu
blessed with
Buronzo
canalis carpalis
capsule assembly
Carex wawuensis
cigar-shaped
ciliopagurus strigatus
classification of waste
closing to meeting maneuver
court of common pleas
crossey
crowd-control
cuttlebones
cystosarcoma
degenerative myopia
diatectite
Diebougou
drum magnetic separator
duplex output
eliminate unemployment
empiric(al)
epilating forceps
fermiophobic
fine struction
flash one's eyes at
formate butyl
French Standard
game fishes
genus cairinas
geological structure
HDMI CEC
hearth plate
honours degree
idiolysin
idiopathic detrusor dyssynergia
imperia
inkfish
insatisfactorily
jus pascendi
keyword item
laser printers
man-machine interaction equipment
maximum bit rate
mistion
more replenishing soil moisture reserve
motion planning
motion-pictures
Nal detector
Nervus medianus
non-exclusion
non-linear molecule
nonulcerated
nyy
okwui
open end V-belt
passets
Phichit, Changwat
pick up and delivery service
pinch-faced
polygonometric network
prima donnas
quality bonus
radiation gasdynamics
reexhumation
replacement length
rubber paint
sadhanas
scissor-tailed
seen eye to eye
signal bridge
single-state recycle
slotted screen
snowmobiles
spam act
Spittal of Glenshee
spring of cylinder lubricator plunger
strip-searches
sudden cough
sufflations
supersonic particle sizer
surface of constant pressure
talipes calcaneus
termination and suspersion of contract
theory mapping
unsanctimonious
urnsful
user program status display
webtalk
wtb
xenotime