profile
英 ['pr??fa?l]
美['profa?l]
- n. 側面；輪廓；外形；剖面；簡況
- vt. 描…的輪廓；扼要描述
- vi. 給出輪廓
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詞態變化
復數:?profiles;第三人稱單數:?profiles;過去式:?profiled;過去分詞:?profiled;現在分詞:?profiling;
中文詞源
profile 輪廓，側影，概述，概括，寫簡介
pro-,向前，-fil,線，線條，詞源同file,filament.即畫出線條輪廓，引申諸相當詞義。
英文詞源
- profile
- profile: [17] The -file of profile is etymologically a ‘thread’. The word comes from early modern Italian profilo, a derivative of profilare ‘draw in outline’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix pro- ‘forward’ and filare, which used to mean ‘draw a line’; and this in turn went back to Latin filāre ‘spin’, a derivative of filum ‘thread’ (from which English gets file for storing things in).
=> file - profile (n.)
- 1650s, "a drawing of the outline of anything," from older Italian profilo "a drawing in outline," from profilare "to draw in outline," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + filare "draw out, spin," from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out a line," from filum "thread" (see file (v.1)). Meaning "a side view" is from 1660s. Meaning "biographical sketch, character study" is from 1734.
- profile (v.)
- 1715, "to represent in profile," from profile (n.) or Italian profilare. Meaning "to summarize a person in writing" is from 1948. Related: Profiled; profiling.
雙語例句
- 1. The police deliberately kept a low profile in most places.
- 警方在大多數地方有意保持低調。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
- 托尼現在一下子成了眾人關注的中心，因為他有一份經常出鏡、見報的工作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. This picture shows the girl in profile.
- 這張照片照的是女孩的側面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Football is a high profile business.
- 足球是一個引人注目的產業。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Commercialisation has given many sports a higher profile.
- 商業化已經讓多項體育運動有了更高的公眾關注度。
來自柯林斯例句