1
- attrib. used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class特定的, 特别的:
the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies.
这项行动好像要歧视特定的一批公司。
1.1
- Logic denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class【逻】特称的, 特殊的。与UNIVERSAL相对。
2
- attrib. especially great or intense特大的, 特强烈的:
when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care.
在处理或核对现金的时候, 出纳员应当特别细心。
3
- insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious苛求的, 挑剔的; 难以取悦的:
she is very particular about cleanliness.
她对清洁卫生要求非常严格。
1
- Philosophy an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality【哲】(与普遍性相对的)特殊性。
2
- a detail一点, 一个细节:
he is wrong in every particular.
所有的一切他全错了。
2.1
particulars
detailed information about someone or something详情, 细目:a clerk took the woman's particulars.
一名办事员记下了这个妇女的详细情况。
短语
in particular
- especially (used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other)特别, 尤其:
he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular.
他与其他年轻人交往, 尤其是与一个男孩。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis 'concerning a small part', from particula 'small part'.