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defining

/dih-fahy-ning/US // dɪˈfaɪ nɪŋ //

界定,定义,确定,确定性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgive description
verbdelimit, outline

Examples

  • But if that is the low bar for defining a war, then I hope the draft is reinstated.

  • She said the defining characteristic of her husband was his sensitivity.

  • This is a forum for the voices defining the global struggle for justice.

  • Were you defining yourself as a fiction writer then, or did you already envision writing essays like the ones in The Unspeakable?

  • But the October 1964 telecast is still regarded as the defining Ronald Reagan speech.

  • In many states statutes exist defining their right to sue and be sued, and their liability to creditors.

  • Then followed various clauses defining the duties and authority with which Mr. Hunt, as Manager, was invested.

  • Experience has led the parties to make stipulations defining and fixing their liability.

  • There was no possible answer to this defining of our relative positions and there was no more controversy.

  • Instead of defining form engaged in matter, it indicates what is the composite of soul and body, after the union has occurred.