We characterize people by their appearances.
我们以外表来区分别人。
The rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.
这种疾病的特征是出疹子和发高烧；以堤坝和运河为特色的一个地区
The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate.
这位小说家把女主人公刻画成反覆无常而又多情的人.
