| 单词 | specific |
| 释义 | specific (once / 209 pages) adjn If you describe something as specific, you're signaling that you're being precise. Say you ask your friend to meet you at a specific time and place — it means you want to meet her at, say, Ray's Pizza at 3:00 PM, not just anywhere. Specific also means "detailed and exact." That's the sense of the word that comes into play when a teacher advises you to be as specific as possible. Indeed, specific writing paints a picture. Say your friend Angela lives on a soybean farm in Iowa and takes Claritin for her pollen allergy. That might not be the most interesting fact in the world, but it's a lot more interesting than saying you have a friend who lives in the Midwest and takes medicine for a problem. If the sentence about Angela's pollen allergy is interesting at all, it's because of the specifics. WORD FAMILYspecific: intraspecific, nonspecific, specifically, specificity, specifics, unspecific+/specifically: nonspecifically/specificity: specificities/unspecific: unspecifically USAGE EXAMPLESWhether it’s simple dry skin or a specific skin condition, try these tips: Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Parsing the specifics is part of Cousins’s job, how he learns from mistakes and moves on. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) When we get into specific treatments, the evidence is even more scant. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj stated explicitly or in detail needed a specific amount Syn specified clearly and explicitly stated 2adj relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species specific characters 3adj (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique rules with specific application demands specific to the job a specific and detailed account of the accident Syn|Ant ad hoc for or concerned with one specific purpose circumstantialfully detailed and specific about particulars limited, specialhaving a specific function or scope particular, peculiar, specialunique or specific to a person or thing or category particularseparate and distinct from others of the same group or category particularised, particularizeddirected toward a specific object properlimited to the thing specified unique(followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality precisesharply exact or accurate or delimited specialised, specializeddeveloped or designed for a special activity or function general applying to all or most members of a category or group nonspecificnot caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides comprehensiveincluding all or everything indiscriminatenot marked by fine distinctions broad, unspecificnot detailed or specific all-purpose, general-purposenot limited in use or function genericapplicable to an entire class or group grosslacking fine distinctions or detail overallinvolving only main features pandemicexisting everywhere universalapplicable to or common to all members of a group or set widespreadwidely circulated or diffused imprecisenot precise unspecialised, unspecializednot specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function 4adj being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides quinine is highly specific for malaria a specific remedy a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements Ant nonspecific not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides 5n a fact about some part (as opposed to general) Syn|Ant|Hyper particular general a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred 6n a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease quinine is a specific for malaria Hyper medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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