especial
/ɪˈspeʃəl/adjective
attrib.
1- better or greater than usual; special特别的; 特殊的; 不一般的:
these traditions are of especial interest to feminists.
女权主义者对这些传统特别感兴趣。
1.1
- for or belonging chiefly to one person or thing特有的, 独有的:
her outburst was for my especial benefit.
她的爆发主要是做给我看的。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis 'special', from species (see SPECIES).