1）文字的刻记，即刻字。活版印刷术发明之前，文字印刷品都是整个刻写出来的，这就是最古老原始的刻记： "（书写/印刷的）符号；（汉）字、字体"。Greek （/Chinese/mathematics） ~ 希腊语/汉语/数学刻记（符号、字体） "[古]密码、暗号"，古代的密码通常是某种符号的刻记，刻在木头或金属上，双方各持一部分，核对是否吻合以确定真伪。the ~ system used for military liaison 用于军事联系的刻记系统（密码） "[计算机]字符"，显而易见是现代衍生的用法。~ reader/ display / generator / outline / code 刻记阅读器/显示/发生器/轮廓/代码（字符） 2）生物的刻记，古人认为这是造物者、老天爷、大自然施加的标志性刻记，而使之与众不同： "（动植物的）象征"。~ species 刻记种 （象征）；The eye-like pattern is the ~ of that kind of moth. 眼睛般的图案是那种蛾类的刻记（象征、特征） "[生物]性状"。What are the main ~s of this organism? 这种生物体的主要刻记是什么？（生物的主要性状）；~ divergence 刻记分歧 （性状分歧）； 3）人的刻记，类似上述生物的刻记，但不仅有先天的成分，也包括后天/社会的栽培： "（人的）品德、品质、性格"。a woman of fine （/strong/noble） ~ 优雅/强壮/高贵刻记的女人 （品格）；the ~ of Julius Caesar of the French 法国的凯撒的刻记 （性格）；a fellow of questionable ~ 可疑问刻记的家伙 （人品可疑的）；She is of lofty ~. 她具有崇高的刻记 （品德）；a ~ actress 刻记女演员 （性格） "好品质、骨气、自我约束、毅力、勇气"。a man of ~ 刻记的男人 （有毅力）；Should ~ building be the chief aim of education? 刻记塑造应该成为教育的主要目标吗？（好品质）；He has ~ but no personality. 他有刻记却无个性（好品质）；It takes ~ to admit our failure. 需要刻记来认承我们的失败（勇气） "名誉、名声"。personal attacks that damaged her ~ 损害了她刻记的个人攻击 （名誉）；~ assassination 刻记暗杀（名声） "好名声、声望"。He has gained the ~ of a miser. 他获得了吝啬鬼的刻记 （好名声）；an impeccable ~ 无可暇疵的刻记（声望） "身份、地位、资格"。in his ~ as a father （/friend/official）在他的刻记中作为一个父亲/朋友/官员 （身份、地位） "品德评语（/证书）、服务证明书、推荐书"。a ~ for his 30 years' services 对他30年服务的刻记 （证明书） 4）人物的刻记，与上述类型的区分在于其综合性、整体性，原本用于小说/剧本中对人物角色的描述、综述、总结性安排交代（在这里产生了character的常用义之一），后来引申到整个社会中： "人物（/性格）描写"。the ~s of this novel 这本新奇儿的刻记（小说的人物描写） "人物、角色"。a script that is weak in plot but strong in ~ 弱于策划而强于刻记的一份手稿 （人物）；the ~s in the novels of Charles Dickens 狄肯斯新奇儿中的刻记 （小说中的人物）；He's quite a ~. 他是个相当的刻记 （角色）；an amusing ~ 有趣的刻记 （人） "杰出（/知名）人物"。a public ~ 公共之刻记 （知名人物）；a ~ of 20th century 20世纪的刻记 （杰出人物）；a ~ of King James' time 詹姆斯国王时代的刻记 （名人） "（有某种行为/个性的）人"。a ~ of vegetarian 素食者刻记（类型者）；a suspicious ~可疑的刻记 （者） "[口]怪人、与众不同的人"。a shady ~ 阴暗的刻记 （类型者）；catcalls from some ~ in the back row 来自后排一些刻记的嘘声 （小人） 5）事物的刻记，即某事物与其它事物的区别之所在，或者说该事物的内在本质之反映（在这里产生了character的常用义之一）： "（事物的）性质、特性、特色"。the ~ of the desert areas of North Africa 北非沙漠区域的刻记 （特性）；in ~，在刻记中，="与自身特性相符（/相称）、如所预料"。behavior that was totally in ~ 完全在刻记中的表现 （特性）；His politeness was not in ~ and surprised us at all since he was usually very rude. 他的礼貌不在刻记中，使我们惊讶，因为他通常是真粗暴的（如所预料）；out of ~，刻记之外，="与自身特性不相符（/相称）、非所预料"。a response so much out of ~ that it amazed me 一种如此这般刻记之外的反应，使我吃惊 （非所预料）；His presence is really out of ~. 他的出场真是刻记之外 （超出想象） "（人或事物的）种类、类别、类型"。a ~ of distinct from the ordinary区别于序秩的刻记（显著区别于普通类型）
"刻记"作及物动词用时，即为"刻记"。如 1）"[古]写、印、刻"，本义的刻记。to ~ a book about himself 刻记一本关于他自己的书 （写） 2）"使具有特性"。to ~ that plan 刻记那计划 （使具有特性） 3）"描写┅的特性、表现、描述"。to ~ the explorers 刻记探险家（描述）
下述例句采用传统解释，旨在显示character的用法何其复杂： personal attacks that damaged her character. 损害她声誉的人身攻击 in his character as the father. 以父亲的身份 a shady character； catcalls from some character in the back row. 可疑的怪人；后排一些人喝倒彩 Characterization in fiction or drama：刻画，形容小说或戏剧中的人物描写： a script that is weak in plot but strong in character. 一本情节简单却人物刻画深入的剧本 The multibit code representing such a character. 符号代表此种字符的多重二进制代码 Of or relating to one's character. 特质的某人特质的或与其有关的 Specializing in the interpretation of often minor roles that emphasize fixed personality traits or specific physical characteristics：性格的专长常为次要角色的表演的，侧重于具有固定的性格特征或特定的身体特征的：
a character actor. 性格演员 the character part of the hero's devoted mother. 塑造男主角的慈母的角色 a character sketch. 性格描写 a character witness. 见证人 in character Consistent with someone's general character or behavior：相符的与某人特性或行为相符的： behavior that was totally in character. 与特性完全相符的行为 out of character Inconsistent with someone's general character or behavior：不相符的与某人特性或行为不相符的： a response so much out of character that it amazed me. 回答与其性格如此不符，使我感到吃惊 The characters in Chinese writing look like small pictures.汉字看起来象是一幅幅小图画。 a Chinese character 一个汉字 He has a strong but gentle character. 他有坚强但温柔的性格。 The new buildings have changed the character of the village. 新建筑改变了这个村庄的特点。 I find all the characters in his new play very real. 我觉得他那出新戏中所有的人物都很真实。 be different in character有着不同的性质 a man of character有个性的人，有骨气的人
have an insight into character有洞察力，有见识，有知人之明 the characters in Charles Dickens' novels狄更斯小说中的人物 a leading character主角 a public character社会知名人士 quite a character怪人，性格特别的人 bad character [口]坏蛋，坏人 by character 根据传闻 gain the character （of） 博得...的名声 give sb. a good character of 颂扬[诋毁]某人 give sb. a bad character of 颂扬[诋毁]某人 have a character for sth. 有...名声，以...著称 in character （with）适合，和...相称，符合（多指性格和新扮演的角色） in the character of 以...的资格； 扮演...角色 out of character 不适合，和...不相称，不符合（多指性格和新扮演的角色） redeem one's character 恢复自己...名誉，补救过失 take away sb.'s character 夺去某人的名誉 take on character 有特色[特点，特征，特性] abbreviated character 简化字 absorptive character 吸收性能 accessory character 【植】【动】副性状 accuracy control character 精确度控制记号 acknowledge character 肯定字符 acquired character 【植】获得性状；【动】获得性特征 adaptive character 适应特性[性质] address character 地址符 additional character 附加符号[字符]，特殊符号 advanced character 进步特征 allaesthetic character 复感性状 alphabetic character 字母，符号 alphameric character 字母数字符号[数码，特性] alphanumeric character 文字数字式字符 amphoteric character 两性性质 anal character 【心理】肛门性格 aromatic character 芳香性 artificial character 【植】人为性状 asterisk picture character 星号影象字符 attributive character 属性特征 authoritarian character 【心理】权威性格 automatic double-height character 自动倍高字符（控制字符使选定字符显示高度比一般字符高一倍） backspace character 退格符号，返回[后移]字符 background colour control character 背景彩色控制字符 bell character 信号铃记号 binary coded character 二进制编码字符 binding character 约束性 blank character 空白符（号）；间隔符（号） blending character 融合性状 block ignore character 字[数]组取消记号，信息组作废符号 cancel character 取消[作废]记号[字符]，作废字符[符号] capacitive character 电容性 casting character 铸造性能 carriage return character 回车[托架返回]符号 check character 校验字符 clear character 消除字符 code extension character 代码扩充字符
coded character 编码符号[字符] coenogenetic character 新生性状 command character 命令[控制]字符 communication control character 通信控制记号 composite character 合成特征 concatenation character 链接字符 congenital character 先天性状 conjugate character 共轭特征标 conservative character 保守性状 constitutive character 构成性 contour character 字体轮廓线 contrasting character 对比性状 convergent character 趋同特性 correlated character 相关性状 credit picture character 贷方图象字符 cultivated character 栽培性状 data link escape character 数据传输线换码记号 degenerative character 退化性状[特征] delete character 删[擦]除字符 erase character 删[擦]除字符 diagnostic character 鉴别性状 digit-select character 数位选择字符 divergent character 分歧性状 dominating character 显性性状 double character of commodity 商品的两重性 drifting character 漂移字符 dual character of investment 投资的二重性 dynatron character 负阻管特性 ecological character 生态特性 editing character 编辑字符 electrostatic character of double layer 双电层静电特性 emphytic character 遗传特性 endogenous character 内发性 end-of-text character 文本结束符 end-of-word character 字终符号 endurance character 疲劳特性 error control character 误差控制记号 escape character 换码符 essential character 种特征 exothermic character 放[吸]热特性 endothermic character 放[吸]热特性 file separator character 文件分隔记号 fill character 填充[占空]字符 font-change character 字体改变符号 form feeding character 格式馈给符号[字符] format effector character 格式控制字符 font change character 字符变更记号 frame character 成帧字符 fruit character 结实性状 functional character 功能符，控制符 gap character 间隔字符 graphic character 图形（显示）字符 grass character （汉语、日语）草字[书] group separator character 组分隔字符
group character 群特征标 haptotypic character 内部环境特性 heat-transfer character 传热特性 hereditaty character 遗传性状，遗传（性）特性 homology character 同调特征标 hot-working character 热加工性能 identity character 恒等特征标 idle character 空转[空载]字符 ignore character 无用[无操作]字符 illegal character 非法字符 improper character 非正式符号 independent character 独立分配现象 indicative character 指示特征 inductive character 电感性 infinitesimal character 无穷小特征标 information separator character 信息分隔符 inheritable character 可遗传的特性 inquiry character 询问符，查询符 instruction character 指令字符，控制符，操作符 insertion picture character 插入字符图象 integral character 积分特征标 intermediate character 中间性状 irreducible character 不可约特征标 layout character 布置[划分，排位置]字符 leading character 主角 letter character 字母符号 line feed character 换行字符 linear character 线性特征标 locking shift character 封锁移位字符 longitudinal redundancy check character 纵向冗余校验符号 lypohydrophilic character 亲水亲脂特性 magnetic （ink） character 磁性[磁墨水]字符 maternal character 母体[本]性状 mechanical character 机械性能[特性] metallic character 金属特性 metrical character 度量性状 mode change character 方式变更记号 modified character 异体（字） modular character 模特征（标） monogenic character 单基因性状 morphological character 形态特征 Morse character 莫尔斯电码 most significant character 【自】最高位字符 mutant character 突变性状 national character 人民性；民族性 negotiablecharacter of document 单据的可转让性 neutralcharacter （选择）中性性状 new line character 换行字符 non-phonemic character 非音位性 normal character 标准字符 null character 零字符，空白记号 numeric edited character 数字[值]编辑字符 oligogenic character 寡基因性状
operational character 运算符号 optical character 光学特性，光符号 oral character 【心理】口唇性格 padding character 插入字符 palingenetic character 重发[演]性状 parity character 奇偶符号 paternal character 父本性状 perforator character 穿孔机（上的）符号 permanent character 永久[恒定]特性 personal character 个人性格，个性 physical character 物理特性[性能] physiological character 生理性状 poisonous character 毒性 polygenic character 多基因性状 prefix character 前缀字符 primary sexual character 第一[初级]性征 primitive character 原始性质[特征] principal character 主要特征 printed character 印刷字母[符号] prominent character 主要[显著]特性 punctuation character 标点字符 qualitative character 【遗】质[数]量性状 quantitative character 【遗】质[数]量性状 rational character 有理特征标 receptive character 感受的特征 recessive character 隐性特点 redundant character 冗余记号 relative character 相对性状 residue character 剩余特征（标） rubbery character 橡胶类似性质 rub-out character 擦[删]去字符 reduced character 约化特征标 seasonal character 季节性 secondary sexual character 副性征，第二性征 separating character 分隔（字）符[记号] seven-stroke coded magnetic character 七划编码磁性记号 sex character 性别特征 sex-conditioned character 从性性状 sex-influenced character 从性性状 sex-limited character 【生】限性性状 sex-linked character 伴性性状 shift-in character 向下[向上]转移符号（转移到下面的[上面的]寄存器） shift-out character 向下[向上]转移符号（转移到下面的[上面的]寄存器） shrinkage character 收缩特性 shunt character （电机的）并绕特性，并激特性 significance start character 有效位起动字符 simplified character 简化字 space character 间隔符号 special-character 特殊字符，辅助字符 specific character 特点，特性；种性状，种特征
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