定义

你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？

Can you give a more precise definition of the word ?

你对幸福的定义是什么？

What 's your definition of happiness ?

按照州法律终身监禁定义为60年。

Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law .

“精神病”这个词很难下定义。

The term ' mental illness ' is difficult to define .

根据法律定义，许多流浪街头的人并非无家可归者。

Many of those living on the streets are not officially homeless .

“知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。

The legal definition of ' know ' often presumes mental control

他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。

He was asked to define his concept of cool .

“这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？”

It all depends on your definition of punk , doesn 't it ?

关于生活的定义不一而足。

There is no generally accepted definition of life

所有这些定义虽然听上去煞有其事，但都经不起推敲。

All these definitions , while sounding impressive , do not stand up under close scrutiny

《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”。

Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as ' a person obsessively addicted to work ' .

由于其笼统性，不难料想这种定义会存在问题。

That there are problems with this kind of definition is hardly surprising , given its level of generality .

我对“好的晚期病人安养院”的定义是一个能让一些病人开始感到生有所恋的地方。

My definition of a good hospice is one where some of the patients start feeling too good to die .

两辆卡车被拦了下来，因为里面装有帐篷，按照指挥官对人道主义援助的定义，那不能算作援助物资。

Two of the trucks were stopped because they had tents in them , and under the commanders ' definition of humanitarian aid , that didn 't count

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。”

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 . '

给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。

To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its use .

白内障的定义就是晶状体混浊。

By definition a cataract is an opacity in the lens .

生物能学的定义是研究活生物体间的能量转化的科学。

Bioenergetics is defined as the study of energy transformation in living organisms .

我给这个字下了定义。

I made a definition for this word .

在文件中对解析过程各级的目录定义。

Resolving references to definitions in the file .

采用这个定义，对确定临界荷载是有用处的。

We shall find this definition useful for the determination of the critical load .

由于质量在某些情况下是可变的，这个定义就不严格而且会令人误解。

As mass can vary in several circumstances this definition is unsound and misleading .

怎样定义这一概念？

How to define this concept ?

分析师认为，这一增长是通过扩大智能手机定义和降低价格得来的。

The growth has come by expanding the definition of a smartphone and cutting prices , analysts said .

这种行为在中国简直就是引火烧身。中国对国家机密的定义十分严格，尤其是在商业或经济信息方面。

This is asking for trouble in China where the definition of what constitutes a state secret is particularly strict , especially when it comes to business or economic information .

复苏植物，被定义为那些每克干物质通过摄取不足0。1克的水就能复苏的植物，它们是不同的。

Resurrection plants , defined as those capable of recovering from holding less than 0.1 grams of water per gram of dry mass , are different .

我们认为符合这一定义的人群包括了美国大多数的劳动者，这也促使我们在美国开展了一项关于沉迷工作的研究。

We believe that the number of people who fit that definition includes the majority of American workers , which prompted us to begin a study of workaholism in the U.S. .

二十年前，美国城市土地学会定义了美国国土上两种主流的城市类型:实行朝九晚五商业时间的小城市和一天24小时运转的大城市大都市。

Twenty years ago , the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape : smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day .

这种转变在医疗机构之外很少被注意到,但在医疗机构内部已经引起争议,这表明医生开始重新定义自己的角色,从只关心个别病人转变为关心医疗费用的使用情况。

The shift , little noticed outside the medical establishment but already controversial inside it , suggests that doctors are starting to redefine their roles , from being concerned exclusively about individual patients to exerting influence on how healthcare dollars are spent .

科学家引证“沉迷工作”的定义为“受不能控制的工作动机驱使而过度关注工作，以及对工作投入如此多的时间和精力，以致损害其他的重要生活领域。”

The scientists cite a definition of " workaholism " as " being overly concerned about work , driven by an uncontrollable work motivation , and investing so much time and effort in work that it impairs other important life areas . "