及物动词规定; 使明确; 精确地解释; 画出…的线条
不及物动词（给词、短语等）下定义，构成释义
define
及物动词
1. The powers of the courts are defined by law.
法庭的权力是由法律规定的。
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2. Reason defines man.
理性是人的特点。
3. 公共查询·英语单词
3. The mountain was clearly defined against the light of the eastern sky.
东方天空的光芒使那座山清晰地显露出来。
4. The mountain was clearly defined against the eastern sky.
山巅被东方的天际衬托得轮廓格外分明。
5. Do you know who defined man as a rational animal?
你知道是谁将人说成是有理智的动物的？
1. 定义阶段：定义阶段(Define) 定义阶段将会获取和核实企业的各项需求,然后按重要性先后实施执行. 该阶段将编制功能阵列、架设软硬件,以及评估资料量. 编制功能阵列的好处,是可以把各项功能详细列出来,优先处理重要功能. 架设软硬件时,
2. define
2. 规定：我们知道当看到ISO9001:2000版标准中出现确定(determing)时,它的内涵是:你必须设法找到全部的影响因素,而且这种因素是客观存在的,是不以人的意志为转移的,而标准若出现规定(define)时,它的内函是:要将已经确定的全部要求,
3. 下定义：在需要读写rt_clock变量的中断处理程序里面,应该如下定义(define)此变量:而在提供给外部用户使用的头文件里面,可以将此变量声明(declare)为:
1. 阐明;规定;限定;使明确
If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
define的近义词
e.g. We were unable to define 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 to define 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 you define 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 to define 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”。
verb
1. decide upon or fix definitely
e.g. fix the variables
specify the parameters
Synonym: specifysetdeterminefixlimit
2. give a definition for the meaning of a word
e.g. Define `sadness''
3. determine the essential quality of
Synonym: specifydelineatedelimitdelimitate
4. determine the nature of
e.g. What defines a good wine?
5. show the form or outline of
e.g. The tree was clearly defined by the light
The camera could define the smallest object
Synonym: delineate