describe the distinctive nature or features of.
"the historian charcterized the period as the decade of revolution"
'묘사하다' '(특징을) 구별[구분]짓다' '특징을 말하다'
(of a feature or quality) be typical or characteristic of.
"the disease is characterized by weakening of the immune system"
'설명하다' '정의되다'
"He was characterized by his looking"
