[4分18秒] 星际探险故事回忆录：角色塑造与创作背后的思考

名词性格; 角色; 特点; 字母

及物动词刻，印; 使具有特征

1. （人的）性格，个性;(地方的)特点
The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.

e.g. Perhaps there is a negative side to his character that you haven't seen yet...
或许，他性格中不好的一面你还没有看见。
e.g. The character of this country has been formed by immigration.
这个国家的国民性是由移民形成的。

2. 特点;特征;特色
If something has a particular character, it has a particular quality.

e.g. The financial concessions granted to British Aerospace were, he said, of a precarious character...
他说，向英国宇航公司给予财政优惠未获证实。
e.g. The state farms were semi-military in character.
那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。

3. (某地人具有的)特点，特色，特征
You can use character to refer to the qualities that people from a particular place are believed to have.

e.g. Individuality is a valued and inherent part of the British character.
个性鲜明是英国人固有的、也是他们看重的特点。

4. 人物;人
You use character to say what kind of person someone is. For example, if you say that someone is a strange character, you mean they are strange.

e.g. It's that kind of courage and determination that makes him such a remarkable character...
就是那种勇气和决心使他成为如此了不起的人。
e.g. What a sad character that Nigel is.
奈杰尔真是个可悲的人哪。

5. 人品;品行
Your character is your personality, especially how reliable and honest you are. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest.

e.g. He's begun a series of personal attacks on my character...
他开始对我进行一连串的人身攻击。
e.g. Mr Bartman was a man of good character.
巴特曼先生品德高尚。

6. (坚强的)个性，性格;人格力量
If you say that someone has character, you mean that they have the ability to deal effectively with difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous situations.

e.g. She showed real character in her attempts to win over the crowd...
她在努力获得民众的支持时，表现出真正的人格力量。
e.g. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
我当时不知道罗恩有那么坚强的个性。

7. (地方的)与众不同之处，特色
If you say that a place has character, you mean that it has an interesting or unusual quality which makes you notice it and like it.

e.g. An ugly shopping centre stands across from one of the few buildings with character.
一座难看的购物中心对面，耸立着为数不多的几幢别具特色的大楼之一。

8. (电影、书、戏剧里的)人物，角色
The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about.

e.g. The film is autobiographical and the central character is played by Collard himself...
这部电影是自传体，其中的主角由科勒德亲自扮演。
e.g. He's made the characters believable.
他让个个角色都逼真可信。

9. 有趣的人;怪人;滑稽的人
If you say that someone is a character, you mean that they are interesting, unusual, or amusing.

e.g. He'll be sadly missed. He was a real character.
人们会非常怀念他的，他可真是个有趣的人啊。

10. 字母;数字;文字；字符
A character is a letter, number, or other symbol that is written or printed.

11. 符合/不符合…的性格(或特点)
If someone's actions are in character, they are doing what you would expect them to do, knowing what kind of person they are. If their actions are out of character, they are not doing what you would expect them to do.

e.g. It was entirely in character for Rachel to put her baby first...
把自己的婴孩放在第一位，这完全符合雷切尔的性格。
e.g. What else could make him behave so out of character?
还有什么能让他做出这种如此失常的行为来？

名词适用，应用，运用; 申请，请求，申请表格; 勤勉，用功; 敷用，敷用药

1. 申请；请求；申请书；申请表
An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.

e.g. His application for membership of the organisation was rejected...
他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
e.g. ...Turkey's application to join the European Community...
土耳其要求加入欧共体的申请

2. 应用；运用
The application of a rule or piece of knowledge is the use of it in a particular situation.

e.g. Students learned the practical application of the theory they had learned in the classroom...
学生们学会了将课堂上学到的理论付诸实际应用。
e.g. Simon's book provides a succinct outline of artificial intelligence and its application to robotics.
西蒙的书简明扼要地概括了人工智能及其在机器人技术方面的应用。

3. （计算机的）应用软件
In computing, an application is a piece of software designed to carry out a particular task.

4. 勤奋;专心;努力
Application is hard work and concentration on what you are doing over a period of time.

e.g. ...his immense talent, boundless energy and unremitting application.
他横溢的才华、充沛的精力和不懈的努力

5. 涂抹；敷用；施用
The application of something to a surface is the act or process of putting it on or rubbing it into the surface.

e.g. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.
经过反复施用除草剂，杂草得以彻底根除。

及物动词尊重; 尊敬; 关心; 遵守

名词敬意; 尊重，恭敬; 某方面

1. 尊敬;敬重;尊重
If you respect someone, you have a good opinion of their character or ideas.

e.g. I want him to respect me as a career woman...
我希望他把我当作一个职业女性来尊重。
e.g. He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.
他需要从他敬重的人那里获得建议，而他一向都很敬重你。

2. 尊敬;敬重;尊重
If you have respect for someone, you have a good opinion of them.

e.g. I have tremendous respect for Dean...
我非常敬重迪安。
e.g. His voice was warm with friendship and respect.
他的声音里充满了友善和敬意。

3. 尊重;遵守;遵从;顾及
If you respect someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing things that they would dislike or regard as wrong.

e.g. Finally, trying to respect her wishes, I said I'd leave.
最后，为了尊重她的意愿，我说我会离开。

4. 尊重;遵守;遵从;顾及
If you show respect for someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing anything they would dislike or regard as wrong.

e.g. They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
他们会争取讨回世代相传的土地，并要求尊重土著居民的权利和风俗。

5. 遵守，遵从（法律或道德规范）
If you respect a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it.

e.g. It is about time tour operators respected the law and their own code of conduct.
旅行社是时候该遵守法律和行业规范了。

6. 恕我直言，恕我冒昧(用于礼貌地表示不同意见或批评)
You can say with respect when you are politely disagreeing with someone or criticizing them.

e.g. With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question...
部长，恕我冒昧，您还没有回答我的问题。
e.g. With respect, I hardly think that's the point.
恕我直言，但我认为这不是重点。

7. 探望，拜访（以示敬意）
If you pay your respects to someone, you go to see them or speak to them. You usually do this to be polite, and not necessarily because you want to do it.

e.g. Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.
卡尔已经让他去医院看望弗朗西斯。

8. 和(死者)告别;参加…的葬礼
If you pay your last respects to someone who has just died, you show your respect or affection for them by coming to see their body or their grave.

e.g. The son had nothing to do with arranging the funeral, but came along to pay his last respects.
这个儿子没有参与葬礼的安排，但是来向遗体告别了。

9. 在这个方面/在许多方面
You use expressions like in this respect and in many respects to indicate that what you are saying applies to the feature you have just mentioned or to many features of something.

e.g. The children are not unintelligent—in fact, they seem quite normal in this respect...
这些孩子并非愚钝——事实上，在这个方面他们似乎很正常。
e.g. In many respects Asian women see themselves as equal to their men.
在很多方面，亚洲女性都认为自己和丈夫是平等的。

10. 关于，至于（英国英语中也用in respect of）
You use with respect to to say what something relates to. In British English, you can also say in respect of .

e.g. Parents often have little choice with respect to the way their child is medically treated...
关于孩子的治疗方法，父母通常没有什么选择的余地。
e.g. Where Dr Shapland feels the system is not working most effectively is in respect of professional training.
沙普兰博士认为系统在专业培训上的运作效率不是非常高。

形容词收缩了的，已定约的，契约的