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Definition of personal in English: personaladjective ˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)lˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l 1attributive Belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else. 个人的，私人的 her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37 million 她的个人财产据最近估计有3，700万英镑。 Example sentencesExamples - Unless one's size is affecting one's personal health then one should be comfortable being who they are.
- People whose personal health may be affected have often been held by the courts to have no standing to make a case.
- One appears to be on the personal website of a creative writing student at Macquarie University.
- You'll use my body as your personal jungle gym, always crawling back over me if you go anywhere in the room.
- Inside laid a treasure trove of personal effects belonging to Earl Sandstrum.
- I like to write about my life, but I think that belongs in my personal journal.
- He always placed a sanitary towel under their left armpit and also removed personal items from their bodies.
- In it were all of her personal letters, her journal, and a few treasured childhood trinkets.
- For 200 years prior to this, the garden relied on personal book collections belonging to the various keepers of the garden.
- However, if the firm went bust, the directors would be forced to liquidate their personal assets to pay creditors.
- He had his wallet and personal possessions on his body, so there was no reason to suspect any robbery.
- I believe it is more important to be a good mentor than it is to preserve my personal body of work.
- You might even be forced to liquidate personal assets to pay off creditors.
- This is a fine anthology that would be a welcome addition to anyone's personal library.
- But I decided not to be embarrassed by my illness and to record my experiences on a personal website, for anyone to read.
- He is working the streets as hard as anyone, buoyed by a huge personal fortune.
- The room was empty and had no personal items belonging to the presumed occupants.
Synonyms distinctive, characteristic, unique, individual, one's own, particular, private, peculiar, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individualized, personalized rare especial direct, empirical, first-hand, immediate, experiential - 1.1 Done or made by a particular person; involving the actual presence or action of a particular individual.
本人直接从事的，亲自的 the President and his wife made personal appearances for the re-election of the state governor 总统和夫人为州长连任亲自露面。 Example sentencesExamples - Each individual will receive a personal letter of apology, acknowledging the harm caused by the process.
- You could also simply make a donation or bring some Christmas cheer by sending a child a personal letter from Father Christmas.
- The book includes actual postcards carrying personal messages as well as popular songs and poetry of the time.
- It does not necessarily, I think, involve the personal presence of the person claiming to occupy.
- It is God's personal presence that restores Job's confidence in divine order.
- And each of them sent me a personal letter with drawings and wishes to a fast recovery.
- Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke of his distress and the Prince of Wales wrote personal letters of condolence to both families.
- I write this in the form of a personal letter from me to you, if for no other reason than to blunder and blur genres further.
- It's not my personal presence here that will bring the disease under control, but bearing down on the disease to eliminate it.
- It took a personal letter from President Lyndon Johnson in late December to win their release.
- So, we went back to the office and wrote my personal letter of the events, and took it to the police station after their break.
- In a personal letter to voters, the Tory leader has asked them to send application forms to a national party centre in Dartford, Kent.
- Some of the more threatening and personal letters were passed on to police.
- All she did was read out a personal letter written by Dan in which he denied involvement.
- Christopher said the letter expressed his personal opinion and not that of the party.
- He stashed away hundreds of Diana-related items, from signed CDs to personal letters to photographs.
- The second benefit is that a blog can give your practice a voice and a personal presence.
- The position requires a high degree of personal presence, creativity and imagination.
- Both our days are outrageously improved by actual personal contact.
- Ingram was presenting his personal opinion which he submitted in a letter to The Peak.
Synonyms in person, in the flesh, actual, live, physical individual, particular, special, in person
2Of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one's career or public life. 涉及私人的；涉及隐私的 the book describes his sporting career and gives little information about his personal life 那本书描述了他的体育生涯，对他的私生活几乎只字未提。 Example sentencesExamples - We have developed a very close, personal relationship, a relationship of trust.
- Getting the facts straight rather than using personal emotions is a good first step.
- His point of view was to present a character study in a series of private and personal relationships.
- Love and romance in personal relationships lead to special bonding and intimacy today.
- She took me on a tour of the Institute and spoke about the positive impact working there has had on her both from a career and personal point of view.
- The spectrum has ranged from aggressive public demonstrations to intimate personal explorations.
- Then, when it comes time to have a personal relationship with your Creator, you would rather not.
- The relationship between a political figure's personal life and his public career is a tricky one.
- Emotions express the intimate personal measuring of what is happening in our social lives.
- Their argument is that nothing is too personal or private for public discourse.
- A personal relationship with Jesus involves mind, emotions, spirit and body.
- He is much less certain and dogmatic talking about emotions and personal relationships.
- On one hand, surveys show that privacy and security of personal information are key public concerns.
- It may well be that he was concerned about his personal exposure to liability in relation to the real estate conveyance.
- Another is that the ban reduces our personal freedom and sanitises public spaces, treating us rather like children.
- He specialises in personal forecasts, career and relationship issues.
- The relationship you build can be a bit more personal throughout your whole career.
- He's interested in the dynamics of very intimate personal relationships.
- Do convictions rather than practical and personal concerns dictate your decisions?
- This is a period of personal identity, intimate relationships and emancipation.
Synonyms private, confidential, one's own business, intimate, secret - 2.1 Referring to an individual's character, appearance, or private life in an inappropriate or offensive way.
涉及人身的；针对个人的；人身攻击的 he had the cheek to make personal remarks 他竟厚着脸皮发表人身攻击的言论。 Example sentencesExamples - It is certainly typical of the threats and personal attacks which now characterise the three-way bid battle.
- I suggest that it is time you made a ruling on that, and said that those sorts of personal insinuations are inappropriate.
- He heard her say each name, accompanied by a more personal remark for each.
- Don't you take any notice, girl, I say, when people make uncalled-for personal remarks.
- I believe that we will be judged on this record and not by unkind and unjustified personal remarks in the press.
- He decided to get very personal and to refer to my own marriage.
- It's very rude to relay personal remarks, but I've made a career out of it - so why stop now?
- The personal remarks were coming think and as fast as those concerning my stature and physic.
- Some lowly wonk writes a few personal remarks to go in at the top and you're laughing.
- In her taste, her cultural and political awareness, even her personal appearance, she seems like a product of the Rive Gauche.
- I just want to make a remark of a more personal nature about my work.
- The only problem is if we go from the deeply offensive and personal to the deeply offensive and general.
Synonyms derogatory, disparaging, belittling, insulting, critical, rude, slighting, disrespectful, offensive, pejorative
3Relating to a person's body. 人身的，身体的 个人卫生。 Example sentencesExamples - These cults are a group of jobless people who are more interested in their facial hair than their personal hygiene.
- The care will cover all personal hygiene, dressing, assistance with eating and preparing food and help with mobility.
- I never managed to ask or find out why: perhaps it was nerves, or maybe personal hygiene wasn't quite so extreme in those days.
- I'm assuming that smelling like sea creatures is a good thing and not a comment on my personal hygiene.
- On some Tory blog's comment section this is a cue for speculating about personal hygiene of and body hair on greenies.
- If you are seriously concerned about these children, then do the right thing and improve their diet and personal hygiene habits.
- He was at his friend's house getting high when he noticed the grubby living conditions and lack of personal hygiene.
- People pay more attention to personal hygiene and quit bad habits.
- I had meals in there and my personal hygiene was extremely poor.
- I put it down to the fact that as he's Italian the encroaching of personal body space was just something that came with the territory.
- As a youngster he has overcome racism and through his life there have been enough personal body blows to ensure that he appreciates the good in his world.
- In an honor culture, a personal attack on the body could be countered only by an attack in kind.
- It is now up to you to ask your doctors whether they are practicing even the most basic acts of personal hygiene.
- He also digs sharing information about his personal body art that you'd probably rather not know.
- The educated elite is conscious about their personal hygiene and health.
- A certain lack of personal hygiene pervades the carriage, and then yes, you guessed it, three of 'em decide my table is fair game.
- Safe and hygienic food handling procedures and facets pertaining to personal hygiene were also discussed.
- I am not talking about the A-Z of sex, but something to do with personal hygiene, or maybe just to fund some other college course.
- I have neglected personal hygiene or household chores until I have finished a novel.
- I assure you, my personal hygiene is of the highest standard.
4Grammar
Of or denoting one of the three persons. 〔语法〕人称的。见PERSON （义项2） See person (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - Yes, that's why I used the personal pronoun - stating a personal opinion.
- If a personal noun was necessary to make sense of running conversation, I added the name.
5Theology
Existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force. 有人性的 he rejected the notion of a personal God Example sentencesExamples - It also kept the idea of evil as a devilish personal force prowling around ready to get into you.
- We are governed by a personal living God and he has decreed the means by which we accomplish his purposes.
- We must, then, somehow think of God as both personal and impersonal, and in one sense, it would seem, this presents no difficulty.
- I was also able to make contact with spiritual entities personal to me, even explore some past life stuff a bit.
- A true Christian is a person who has come into living fellowship and communion with the Lord Jesus as a personal Saviour.
- Goethe's Faust reminds us forever that the devil is personal, not impersonal.
noun ˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)lˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l usually personalsNorth American An advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper. 〈主北美〉（报纸私人广告栏内的）私人信息发布；私人广告 Example sentencesExamples - The two businesses still attract more total visitors, thanks to their broad offerings of games, music, personals, and much more.
- I have tried the dating personals on the web and I have met a few people - most have rejected me, and others were handicapped in some way.
- They found each other through a personals advertisement Ehud placed in an Indian newspaper.
- You know the drill: we look for the creepiest, sleaziest ads in the Leader newspaper personals and you kiddies get to vote for the worst one.
- My idea is to create an online community for Dublin where locals can connect with one another via classifieds, forums, personals etc.
- Another way to find good dating sites, is by asking friends and co-workers who may have tried, or are using online dating or personals services.
- Or if you were going to advertise in a newspaper, do it in the personals section.
- So the only option I have seems to be online personals.
- It's not because he met me, he assures me, but because of the ‘stigma’ attached to Internet personals.
- I am now back in the market, and I've posted a new personals ad.
- Further legitimation for this reading could be seen in Jim's response to Roberta's advertisement to Susan in the personals.
- Like personals listings, the exchanges are primarily information services, linking suppliers with buyers.
- OK, so we don't truly shop for handheld devices through the personals.
- Jacob, a 30-something guy advertised in a personals magazine and thought he had found his partner.
- The following is a typical advert from the personals column of the London Review of Books.
- I was thinking about taking out an ad in the personals.
- They might not have been expecting a review so much as the more traditional coded message in the personals section of the Seattle Times.
- Newspapers, used to fielding personals, are finding their business diminished by online dating services.
- If the client acquired them independently through the personals, they can post on the various online message boards about their experience.
- Because of an incorrect personals advertisement, a Shanghai man identified as Ying recently had a difficult time with his wife.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin personalis 'of a person', from persona (see person). Rhymesimpersonal, interpersonal, transpersonal Definition of personal in US English: personaladjectiveˈpərs(ə)n(ə)lˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l 1Of, affecting, or belonging to a particular person rather than to anyone else. 个人的，私人的 her personal fortune was recently estimated at $37 million 她的个人财产据最近估计有3，700万英镑。 Example sentencesExamples - I like to write about my life, but I think that belongs in my personal journal.
- But I decided not to be embarrassed by my illness and to record my experiences on a personal website, for anyone to read.
- However, if the firm went bust, the directors would be forced to liquidate their personal assets to pay creditors.
- You'll use my body as your personal jungle gym, always crawling back over me if you go anywhere in the room.
- Inside laid a treasure trove of personal effects belonging to Earl Sandstrum.
- He always placed a sanitary towel under their left armpit and also removed personal items from their bodies.
- Unless one's size is affecting one's personal health then one should be comfortable being who they are.
- One appears to be on the personal website of a creative writing student at Macquarie University.
- This is a fine anthology that would be a welcome addition to anyone's personal library.
- In it were all of her personal letters, her journal, and a few treasured childhood trinkets.
- The room was empty and had no personal items belonging to the presumed occupants.
- People whose personal health may be affected have often been held by the courts to have no standing to make a case.
- I believe it is more important to be a good mentor than it is to preserve my personal body of work.
- For 200 years prior to this, the garden relied on personal book collections belonging to the various keepers of the garden.
- He had his wallet and personal possessions on his body, so there was no reason to suspect any robbery.
- He is working the streets as hard as anyone, buoyed by a huge personal fortune.
- You might even be forced to liquidate personal assets to pay off creditors.
Synonyms distinctive, characteristic, unique, individual, one's own, particular, private, peculiar, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individualized, personalized direct, empirical, first-hand, immediate, experiential - 1.1 Done or made by a particular person; involving the actual presence or action of a particular individual.
本人直接从事的，亲自的 the President and his wife made personal appearances for the re-election of the state governor 总统和夫人为州长连任亲自露面。 Example sentencesExamples - In a personal letter to voters, the Tory leader has asked them to send application forms to a national party centre in Dartford, Kent.
- Ingram was presenting his personal opinion which he submitted in a letter to The Peak.
- It does not necessarily, I think, involve the personal presence of the person claiming to occupy.
- It's not my personal presence here that will bring the disease under control, but bearing down on the disease to eliminate it.
- Both our days are outrageously improved by actual personal contact.
- You could also simply make a donation or bring some Christmas cheer by sending a child a personal letter from Father Christmas.
- Each individual will receive a personal letter of apology, acknowledging the harm caused by the process.
- I write this in the form of a personal letter from me to you, if for no other reason than to blunder and blur genres further.
- Some of the more threatening and personal letters were passed on to police.
- And each of them sent me a personal letter with drawings and wishes to a fast recovery.
- The book includes actual postcards carrying personal messages as well as popular songs and poetry of the time.
- The second benefit is that a blog can give your practice a voice and a personal presence.
- The position requires a high degree of personal presence, creativity and imagination.
- All she did was read out a personal letter written by Dan in which he denied involvement.
- Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke of his distress and the Prince of Wales wrote personal letters of condolence to both families.
- Christopher said the letter expressed his personal opinion and not that of the party.
- He stashed away hundreds of Diana-related items, from signed CDs to personal letters to photographs.
- It is God's personal presence that restores Job's confidence in divine order.
- It took a personal letter from President Lyndon Johnson in late December to win their release.
- So, we went back to the office and wrote my personal letter of the events, and took it to the police station after their break.
Synonyms in person, in the flesh, actual, live, physical individual, particular, special, in person
2Of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than matters connected with one's public or professional career. 涉及私人的；涉及隐私的 the book describes his acting career and gives little information about his personal life 那本书描述了他的体育生涯，对他的私生活几乎只字未提。 Example sentencesExamples - This is a period of personal identity, intimate relationships and emancipation.
- He is much less certain and dogmatic talking about emotions and personal relationships.
- A personal relationship with Jesus involves mind, emotions, spirit and body.
- Another is that the ban reduces our personal freedom and sanitises public spaces, treating us rather like children.
- He's interested in the dynamics of very intimate personal relationships.
- Then, when it comes time to have a personal relationship with your Creator, you would rather not.
- Emotions express the intimate personal measuring of what is happening in our social lives.
- His point of view was to present a character study in a series of private and personal relationships.
- It may well be that he was concerned about his personal exposure to liability in relation to the real estate conveyance.
- Do convictions rather than practical and personal concerns dictate your decisions?
- He specialises in personal forecasts, career and relationship issues.
- Getting the facts straight rather than using personal emotions is a good first step.
- We have developed a very close, personal relationship, a relationship of trust.
- The relationship you build can be a bit more personal throughout your whole career.
- The spectrum has ranged from aggressive public demonstrations to intimate personal explorations.
- The relationship between a political figure's personal life and his public career is a tricky one.
- Their argument is that nothing is too personal or private for public discourse.
- On one hand, surveys show that privacy and security of personal information are key public concerns.
- She took me on a tour of the Institute and spoke about the positive impact working there has had on her both from a career and personal point of view.
- Love and romance in personal relationships lead to special bonding and intimacy today.
Synonyms private, confidential, one's own business, intimate, secret - 2.1 Referring to an individual's character, appearance, or private life, especially in a hostile or critical way.
涉及人身的；针对个人的；人身攻击的 his personal remarks about Mr. Mellor's work ethic were unprofessional you look like a drowned rat—nothing personal 你看起来像一只落水的老鼠——没有任何人身攻击的意思。 Example sentencesExamples - The only problem is if we go from the deeply offensive and personal to the deeply offensive and general.
- The personal remarks were coming think and as fast as those concerning my stature and physic.
- It is certainly typical of the threats and personal attacks which now characterise the three-way bid battle.
- In her taste, her cultural and political awareness, even her personal appearance, she seems like a product of the Rive Gauche.
- Some lowly wonk writes a few personal remarks to go in at the top and you're laughing.
- I suggest that it is time you made a ruling on that, and said that those sorts of personal insinuations are inappropriate.
- He decided to get very personal and to refer to my own marriage.
- I believe that we will be judged on this record and not by unkind and unjustified personal remarks in the press.
- He heard her say each name, accompanied by a more personal remark for each.
- I just want to make a remark of a more personal nature about my work.
- Don't you take any notice, girl, I say, when people make uncalled-for personal remarks.
- It's very rude to relay personal remarks, but I've made a career out of it - so why stop now?
Synonyms derogatory, disparaging, belittling, insulting, critical, rude, slighting, disrespectful, offensive, pejorative
3Relating to a person's body. 人身的，身体的 个人卫生。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm assuming that smelling like sea creatures is a good thing and not a comment on my personal hygiene.
- On some Tory blog's comment section this is a cue for speculating about personal hygiene of and body hair on greenies.
- I have neglected personal hygiene or household chores until I have finished a novel.
- He also digs sharing information about his personal body art that you'd probably rather not know.
- I assure you, my personal hygiene is of the highest standard.
- He was at his friend's house getting high when he noticed the grubby living conditions and lack of personal hygiene.
- I am not talking about the A-Z of sex, but something to do with personal hygiene, or maybe just to fund some other college course.
- Safe and hygienic food handling procedures and facets pertaining to personal hygiene were also discussed.
- These cults are a group of jobless people who are more interested in their facial hair than their personal hygiene.
- In an honor culture, a personal attack on the body could be countered only by an attack in kind.
- A certain lack of personal hygiene pervades the carriage, and then yes, you guessed it, three of 'em decide my table is fair game.
- People pay more attention to personal hygiene and quit bad habits.
- I put it down to the fact that as he's Italian the encroaching of personal body space was just something that came with the territory.
- As a youngster he has overcome racism and through his life there have been enough personal body blows to ensure that he appreciates the good in his world.
- I had meals in there and my personal hygiene was extremely poor.
- The care will cover all personal hygiene, dressing, assistance with eating and preparing food and help with mobility.
- The educated elite is conscious about their personal hygiene and health.
- If you are seriously concerned about these children, then do the right thing and improve their diet and personal hygiene habits.
- It is now up to you to ask your doctors whether they are practicing even the most basic acts of personal hygiene.
- I never managed to ask or find out why: perhaps it was nerves, or maybe personal hygiene wasn't quite so extreme in those days.
4Grammar
Of or denoting one of the three persons. 〔语法〕人称的。见PERSON （义项2） See person (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples - If a personal noun was necessary to make sense of running conversation, I added the name.
- Yes, that's why I used the personal pronoun - stating a personal opinion.
5Theology
Existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force. 有人性的 he rejected the notion of a personal God Example sentencesExamples - I was also able to make contact with spiritual entities personal to me, even explore some past life stuff a bit.
- A true Christian is a person who has come into living fellowship and communion with the Lord Jesus as a personal Saviour.
- We must, then, somehow think of God as both personal and impersonal, and in one sense, it would seem, this presents no difficulty.
- It also kept the idea of evil as a devilish personal force prowling around ready to get into you.
- Goethe's Faust reminds us forever that the devil is personal, not impersonal.
- We are governed by a personal living God and he has decreed the means by which we accomplish his purposes.
nounˈpərs(ə)n(ə)lˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l North American 1An advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper; personal ad. 〈主北美〉（报纸私人广告栏内的）私人信息发布；私人广告 Example sentencesExamples - Jacob, a 30-something guy advertised in a personals magazine and thought he had found his partner.
- Because of an incorrect personals advertisement, a Shanghai man identified as Ying recently had a difficult time with his wife.
- The two businesses still attract more total visitors, thanks to their broad offerings of games, music, personals, and much more.
- You know the drill: we look for the creepiest, sleaziest ads in the Leader newspaper personals and you kiddies get to vote for the worst one.
- Another way to find good dating sites, is by asking friends and co-workers who may have tried, or are using online dating or personals services.
- Like personals listings, the exchanges are primarily information services, linking suppliers with buyers.
- I am now back in the market, and I've posted a new personals ad.
- My idea is to create an online community for Dublin where locals can connect with one another via classifieds, forums, personals etc.
- OK, so we don't truly shop for handheld devices through the personals.
- I was thinking about taking out an ad in the personals.
- So the only option I have seems to be online personals.
- They found each other through a personals advertisement Ehud placed in an Indian newspaper.
- Newspapers, used to fielding personals, are finding their business diminished by online dating services.
- The following is a typical advert from the personals column of the London Review of Books.
- If the client acquired them independently through the personals, they can post on the various online message boards about their experience.
- It's not because he met me, he assures me, but because of the ‘stigma’ attached to Internet personals.
- They might not have been expecting a review so much as the more traditional coded message in the personals section of the Seattle Times.
- Further legitimation for this reading could be seen in Jim's response to Roberta's advertisement to Susan in the personals.
- I have tried the dating personals on the web and I have met a few people - most have rejected me, and others were handicapped in some way.
- Or if you were going to advertise in a newspaper, do it in the personals section.
- 1.1personals
another term for personal column
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona (see person). |