•Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.待人礼貌客气向来是英国人性格的一部分。

•It would be very out of character (= not typical) of her to lie.撒谎可不符合她的个性。

•One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child's character develop.为人父母的一大乐趣就是观察孩子的性格发展。

•The idea was to modernize various aspects of the house without changing its essential character.这个意念就是使房子各方面现代化而不改变它的基本特征。

•It's not in his character to be (= he is not usually) jealous.他不是个爱嫉妒的人。

•a hotel of character独具特色的饭店

•I'd prefer an old place with a bit of character.我偏爱有特色的老地方。

•Old books are said to give a room character.据说旧书能使房间别具一格。

•As people grow older, their faces acquire more character.随着年龄的增长，人的脸上越来越具有个性。

•She has such strength of character.她个性很强。

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•The film revolves around three main characters.电影围绕三位主角展开。

•She had Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon/Disney character on her sweater.她的毛衣上有米老鼠或另外其他的卡通／迪士尼人物的图案。

•He made his name as a character actor (= an actor who plays unusual and often humorous people).他以性格演员著称。

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•She's a curious character - I don't really know what to think of her.她真是个怪人——我真不知道该怎样评价她。

•There were one or two strange-looking characters hanging around the bar.有一两个样子奇怪的人在酒吧里转来转去。

•He's quite a character] a real character, is Ted - he's seventy now and still riding that motorbike.特德真是个有趣的人——现在都70岁了，还骑着那辆摩托车。

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•The address was written in Chinese/Japanese characters (= systems of writing).地址是用汉字／日文写的。

•The computer screen on this laptop is 66 characters (= spaces) wide.这台笔记型电脑的萤幕有66个字符宽。