| 单词 | unspecified |
| 释义 | unspecified (once / 4401 pages) adj If something's unspecified, you don't know the specifics, at least not yet. If your housemate offers to trade this week's dishes for next week's dusting and an unspecified chore to be named later, you should consider this offer carefully. Unspecified's base word, specify comes from the Latin word specificare, which means "to mention particularly." The prefix un means "not," so unspecified is something that is not particularly mentioned. If you've been sent to the store for an unspecified fruit, you might as well get your favorite. Are apples really your favorite? WORD FAMILYspecified: unspecified+/specification: specifications/specify: specifiable, specification, specified, specifier, specifies, specifying USAGE EXAMPLESInstead they were arrested and detained for unspecified reasons. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The group was also to receive unspecified compensation for what is described in the accord as previously unfair exclusion from Afghanistan’s government. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Malaysia recently arrested seven men allegedly plotting to attack an international school, an entertainment district and an unspecified target in nearby Burma. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) adj not stated explicitly or in detail threatened unspecified reprisals Ant specified clearly and explicitly stated merebeing nothing more than specified nominal, nominativenamed; bearing the name of a specific person specificstated explicitly or in detail |
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