profile

英 ['prəʊfaɪl] 美['profaɪl]

复数: profiles;第三人称单数: profiles;过去式: profiled;过去分词: profiled;现在分词: profiling;

profile 轮廓，侧影，概述，概括，写简介

pro-,向前，-fil,线，线条，词源同file,filament.即画出线条轮廓，引申诸相当词义。

profile: profile: [17] The -file of profile is etymologically a ‘thread’. The word comes from early modern Italian profilo, a derivative of profilare ‘draw in outline’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix pro- ‘forward’ and filare, which used to mean ‘draw a line’; and this in turn went back to Latin filāre ‘spin’, a derivative of filum ‘thread’ (from which English gets file for storing things in).
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profile (n.): 1650s, "a drawing of the outline of anything," from older Italian profilo "a drawing in outline," from profilare "to draw in outline," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + filare "draw out, spin," from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out a line," from filum "thread" (see file (v.1)). Meaning "a side view" is from 1660s. Meaning "biographical sketch, character study" is from 1734.
profile (v.): 1715, "to represent in profile," from profile (n.) or Italian profilare. Meaning "to summarize a person in writing" is from 1948. Related: Profiled; profiling.

1. The police deliberately kept a low profile in most places.: 警方在大多数地方有意保持低调。

2. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.: 托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心，因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。

5. Commercialisation has given many sports a higher profile.: 商业化已经让多项体育运动有了更高的公众关注度。