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definable

/dih-fahyn/US // dɪˈfaɪn //UK // (dɪˈfaɪn) //

可定义的,可定义,可界定的,可定

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    de·fined, de·fin·ing.

    • : to state or set forth the meaning of: They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”
    • : to explain or identify the nature or essential qualities of; describe: to define judicial functions.
    • : to fix or lay down clearly and definitely; specify distinctly: to define one's responsibilities.
    • : to determine or fix the boundaries or extent of: to define property with stakes.
    • : to make clear the outline or form of: The roof was boldly defined against the sky.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·fined, de·fin·ing.

    • : to set forth the meaning of a word, phrase, etc.; construct a definition.

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Examples

  • The appointment has yet to be announced, and the scope of the job hasn’t been fully defined yet because it’s a new position.

  • Long-tail keyphrases are defined as those that are different from general keywords.

  • Most large stone circles in western England and Wales have clearly defined entrances, but it’s not clear that the proposed entryway at Waun Mawn served that purpose.

  • Ambiguous loss is not only difficult to define, but it’s also difficult to live with.

  • Scientists haven’t yet identified an “immune correlate of protection,” which is usually defined to be the level of antibodies in the blood at which they can feel confident that a person is going to be protected from infection.

  • It was something ineffable and harder to define: freedom of speech.

  • This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.

  • To define this show of support by major corporations for LGBT equality as a seachange would be no overstatement.

  • And I would like for this generation to define its own movement.

  • Modern conservatives rightly (as it were) define themselves against the culture at large; hipsters seek to do so as well.

  • In general, any personal property that may be sold; many of the statutes define it.

  • The magnitude, and variety, and demands of the objects embraced by it, define the times necessary for engaging in it.

  • I suppose the more experience a man has had of life the more he hesitates to define what love really is.

  • Cruelty is another cause, almost as general, though more difficult to define.

  • The terms of the covenant must, therefore, define the designed extent of the objects of his death.