I like analyzing the characters of friends.

我喜欢研究朋友的人格。

youdao

Some of his friends are pretty wild and wacky characters.

他的一些朋友是那种放荡不羁又怪里怪气的人。

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Their daughter, Rhoda, by contrast, is a hard-working vet who cares for animals better than many of the characters care for their friends and families.

相反的，他们的女儿罗达是一个勤勉的兽医，关心动物更甚于作者笔下大多数的角色关心朋友与家人。

youdao

It was in honor of those evenings that he named two of the characters after his friends: Salviati, who here speaks entirely for Galileo, and Sagredo, who represents an honest non-scientist of common sense.

NEWYORKER: Moon Man

Their daughter, Rhoda, by contrast, is a hard-working vet who cares for animals better than many of the characters care for their friends and families.

ECONOMIST: The many miseries that shape a marriage

Mr. HEIM: But I wasn't to the extent of the characters in the story, and I certainly had friends who were and I could sort of use their experience.

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