defines

英 [dɪˈfaɪnz]

美 [dɪˈfaɪnz]

v.  解释(词语)的含义; 给(词语)下定义; 阐明; 明确; 界定; 画出…的线条; 描出…的外形; 确定…的界线
define的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 阐明;规定;限定;使明确
  If youdefinesomething, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
  1. 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。
  2. He was asked to define his concept of cool.
     他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。
• VERB 给…下定义;解释
  If youdefinea word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.
  1. 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。”
  2. 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”。

双语例句

• Essentially, this role defines specific MDA activities and artifacts, creates the transformations, and so on.
  从本质上说，该角色规定了具体的MDA活动和工件，创建转换等。
• This policy defines the encoding requirements for the service.
  有效负载支持策略定义了服务的编码需求。
• The previous hook defines the new data structure, but does not describe how it and a node relate.
  前一个钩子定义了新的数据结构，但没有描述它与一个节点的关系。
• This section introduces a subset of the UML profile through an example that defines a simple loan approval process.
  这部分通过一个例子介绍了UML配置文件子集，该例子定义了一个简单本的贷款批准流程。
• This defines usernames and passwords for two roles.
  这个文件定义了两个角色的用户名和口令。
• Contract: A dependency management system defines the identity of the module as a part of the contract.
  合约：依赖关系管理系统定义了模块的身份，这是合约的一部分。
• The defines the basic information and features for the gadget.
  定义了这个小工具的基本信息和特性。
• It defines a button and a label in the first two lines.
  它的头两行定义了一个按钮和一个标签。
• This is an OMG standard that fundamentally defines two aspects of a reuse strategy.
  这是一个OMG标准，从根本定义了可重新使用策略的两个方面。
• The first section of a yacc file defines the objects that the parser will manipulate and generate.
  yacc文件的第一部分定义了解析器将要处理和生成的对象。