ADVERB | VERB + DEFINE | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤accurately, carefully, correctly, exactly, explicitly, precisely, specifically準確地定義;慎重地界定;明白地規定;具體地闡明◇It is important to define these terms accurately.準確定義這些術語很重要。➤clearly, fully, sharply, strongly, well清楚地定義;全面地界定;明確地定義;有力地規定;很好地闡明▸➤adequately充分地界定◇There may be problems if responsibilities are not adequately defined.如果責任沒有充分界定,就可能出現問題。➤poorly不恰當地界定▸➤broadly籠統地界定◇We have chosen to define the scope of our study quite broadly.我們已決定把研究範圍界定得籠統些。➤loosely, vaguely寬泛地定義;含糊地界定▸➤closely, narrowly, rigidly, rigorously, strictly, tightly嚴密地定義;狹隘地界定;嚴格地規定➤succinctly簡潔地定義▸➤simply, solely簡單定義;僅僅界定(為)▸➤easily容易地定義▸➤formally, officially正式/官方定義➤objectively客觀地定義▸➤traditionally傳統上界定▸➤culturally, geographically, socially從文化角度/從地理上/從社會角度定義◇the culturally defined role of women從文化角度定義的女性角色➤legally從法律上界定VERB + DEFINE➤be difficult to, be impossible to難以定義;無法界定▸➤be easy to容易定義◇Social values are not easy to define.社會價值觀定義起來並非易事。PREPOSITION➤as定義為⋯◇Thread count is defined as the number of threads in one square inch of fabric.織物經緯密度的定義為每平方英寸織物中線的根數。➤by由⋯定義◇This type of lymphoma is defined by the presence of specific malignant cells.這種淋巴瘤確診的依據是某些惡性腫瘤細胞的存在。➤in terms of根據⋯確定◇The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete.問題的難度是根據需要多長時間解決來確定的。