tailor made 和customize的区别

1、tailor made一般用作形容词；而cusomize一般用作动词，表示形容词含义时用customized形式。

customized强调已经存在的东西按要求或需要进行改变；tailor made 用作形容词，起源于tailor裁缝裁缝量身体做衣服，强调事情从零开始就按照用户要求制作

2、customize 用作动词，意思为"定制;定做;改" If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.（如果你cusomize某个东西，你改变它的外表或特征以适合你的口味或需要）

...a control that allows photographers to customise the camera's basic settings.使拍照者能够自定义相机的基本设置的控制按钮

...customized software.定制软件

3、tailor made 用作形容词，意思为“特制的; 定做的”，主要意思有

1）ADJ 专门制作的;定制的;特制的 If something is tailor-made, it has been specially designed for a particular person or purpose.（如果某东西是tailor-made，它是专门地为某一特定目的或特定人设计）

...tailor-made itineraries for tourists seeking something more individual than packaged holidays.为那些不喜欢包办旅行、寻求个性的游客们专门安排的游览路线

Each client's portfolio is tailor-made.每位客户的投资组合都是量身打造的。

2）ADJ 极其适合的;恰到好处的 If you say that someone or something is tailor-made for a particular task, purpose, or need, you are emphasizing that they are perfectly suitable for it.（如果你说某人事某物是为某一特殊任务、工作或需要而tailor-made，你是在强调它完美地适合）

He was tailor-made, it was said, for the task ahead.据说他是前头面临任务的最佳人选。

These questions were tailor-made for Professor Posner.这些问题请教波斯纳教授算是问对人了。

3）ADJ (衣服)量身定做的，量体裁成的 Tailor-made clothes have been specially made to fit a particular person.（tailor-made的衣服为专门定做，以适合于某一特殊的人）

He was wearing a tweed suit that looked tailor-made.他身穿一套粗花呢西服，看上去像是量身定做的。