| 单词 | single out |
| 释义 | single out (once / 1945 pages) v To single out is to focus on just one person in a larger group, either for special recognition or treatment. Your art teacher might single out one student each year to show their work at a gallery. Even when all of your friends have been misbehaving, your parents might single you out for punishment or criticism. And during World War II, the US government unfortunately singled out Japanese-Americans, requiring them to live in internment camps until the end of the war. A restaurant owner, on the other hand, might single out an important food writer they recognize, giving them extra special service. WORD FAMILYsingle out: singled out, singles out, singling out USAGE EXAMPLESTrump singled out hedge fund managers in particular as “getting away with murder” because of the current tax laws. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Mr Hsu argues that that would be discriminatory, in that it would single out gay people for different treatment. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Little wonder Mr Putin singled out the “upstanding” Mr Fillon for praise before the vote. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1v select from a group She was singled out for her outstanding performance Hyper choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 2v treat differently on the basis of sex or race Syn|Hypo|Hyper discriminate, separate insulate, isolate place or set apart hive offremove from a group and make separate segregateseparate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation redlinediscriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood disadvantage, disfavor, disfavourput at a disadvantage; hinder, harm segregateseparate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others ghettoise, ghettoizeput in a ghetto cloisterseclude from the world in or as if in a cloister seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawkeep away from others quarantineplace into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons maroonleave stranded on a desert island without resources hamper, handicap, hinderput at a disadvantage prejudicedisadvantage by prejudice differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart mark as different |
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