| 单词 | sui generis |
| 释义 | sui generis (once / 25751 pages) adj Something sui generis is unique. If someone writes a sui generis book about whales wearing hats, then it’s the only one out there. The adjective sui generis is Latin, meaning literally, "of its own kind." Anything sui generis is its own thing; there’s nothing else like it. The Titanic was a sui generis ship because of its unmatched size and opulence as well as the preventable way it crashed into an iceberg and sank. Every person has a sui generis fingerprint, which is why thieves wear gloves. WORD FAMILYsui generis USAGE EXAMPLESHis voice is an instrument, one that is sui generis in its childlike ramble. Salon(Dec 13, 2016) Simon McBurney’s hypnotic, sui generis performance piece — which recreates an American photographer’s numinous visit to the Amazon River Basin — hooks its audience by the ears. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) Hillary Clinton has chosen, mostly, to run against Trump as a sui generis figure, and she has tried to welcome Republicans into her campaign. Slate(Oct 18, 2016) adj constituting a class of its own; unique a history book sui generis sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary Syn single existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual |
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