profile

• n. 側面；横顔；輪郭；形；プロフィール；スケッチ
• vt. 概略を述べる；手短に述べる
• vi.

pro-、forward、-fil、line、線、語源的にはfile、filamentと同じ。

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.

警察はほとんどの場所で意図的に低調を保っている。

2.Tony has now been thrust into the limelight,with a high- profile

トニーは今、よく鏡に出たり、新聞に出たりする仕事があるので、注目の中心になっています。

3.This picture shows the girl in profile .

この写真は女の子の側面を撮影しています。

4.フットボールis a high profile business.

サッカーは注目される産業である。

5.Commercialisation has given many sports a higher profile .

商業化により、多くのスポーツがより高い注目を集めている。