1.character的基本意思是“个性”“特色”。主要指某人、事物或地点所具有的区别于他人、他物、他地点的所有属性,即某人、事物、地点具有的独特的品质或本质,也可指一个人根深蒂固的心理特征的综合,即个人特定的内在本质。多用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
2.character也可指“品行,德性”,如原则性强、诚实等，这时用作不可数名词。
3.character作“人”解时是非正式用法,或谓其古怪滑稽,或含贬义。也可指小说、戏剧中出现的“人物,角色”。
4.character还可作书写或印刷的“字体”“符号”解,“汉字”一般说Chinese characters。

My character is very different from my brother.我和我哥哥的性格迥然不同。
The twins look alike but have very different characters.这对孪生儿长得很像,但性格很不同。
The whole character of the city has changed since I was last here.自从我上次到这里以来,这个城市的特色完全变了。
He has won golden opinions by his high character.由于品德高尚,他获得了极好的评价。
Some character just walked up and stole my bag.有个家伙朝我走来,偷了我的手提包。
His characters are well drawn.他作品中人物刻画得很好。
The characters on my typewriter are too small.我打字机上的字体太小。
Our new printer operates at 60 characters per second.我们的新打印机每秒钟打印60个字母。

character, disposition, nature, personality, temper
参见personality条。

［同义词］   characteristics, features, qualities, role
［词源］＜拉丁语character(特征,品质)