英语词汇“personal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adjn 2adj

When something's personal, it's all about you. A personal decision is one you make on your own and it’s probably about something that concerns you, too. Your personal possessions are things that belong to you.

No doubt you've noticed the word person, in personal. The word comes from the Latin personalis, "of a person." Personal can be your personal habits — how often your brush your teeth, whether you like broccoli — or your personal space, or a personal attack — mean-spirited criticism aimed at somebody in particular. The "Personals" section in your local newspaper is where people place ads hoping to find true love or with other personal messages.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

personal / personnel

Choose the right word for each sentence:

XYZ Co. is letting go of personal/personnel at an alarming rate.

My personal/personnel files include notes on how to take over the world using just a red paperclip.

Match.com and other dating sites have eliminated the need to advertise in the personals/personnels.

The HR department kept James' personal/personnel file updated with all the complaints about his work habits.

Personal and personnel can be confused if the writer is not diligent, especially as both can be used as a noun and an adjective. Let's go through the quiz to uncover all four usages.

The first example could say that XYZ Co. is laying off employees or staff; the correct choice here is personnel, a plural noun. You wouldn't have one personnel; you'd have many.

The second sentence calls for personal. Personal refers to something of a particular person's, something done in person, something related to a person, and so on. My files belong to me; they are personal. They don't have anything to do with my employer.

The third sentence refers to those ads placed in a newspaper by people looking for romance or wishing to send messages to others. Personals is the correct, if increasingly rare, choice.

In the final sentence, a personnel file is an employee file. Although the file is about one person and is somewhat private, it is limited to James' work life at his current company; it is a file kept by the company about its employee.

To remember which word is which, try this: Personnel has two ns, just as a company has to have at least two employees to have personnel. Anything personal (one n) is about one individual.

WORD FAMILY

personal: impersonal, interpersonal, nonpersonal, personalise, personality, personalize, personally, personals+/depersonalise: depersonalisation, depersonalising/depersonalize: depersonalization, depersonalized, depersonalizing/impersonal: impersonally/interpersonal: interpersonally/nonperson: nonpersons/person: foreperson, nonperson, personable, personal, personhood, personify, persons, unperson/personable: personableness, personabler, personably/personalise: depersonalise, personalised, personalising/personality: personalities/personalize: depersonalize, personalized, personalizes, personalizing/personification: personifications/personify: personification, personified, personifies, personifying/unperson: unpersons

USAGE EXAMPLES

The “unprecedented” personal wealth of Trump’s nominees warrants the delays, one senior Democratic aide said.

Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)

Should clients follow their therapist on social media or ask personal questions?

Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017)

He cut the use of personal state vehicles in half by creating the state motor pool to share cars among state agencies.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1adj concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

a personal favor
for your personal use
personal papers
I have something personal to tell you
a personal God
he has his personal bank account and she has hers

Syn|Ant

ad hominem

appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)

face-to-face

in each other's presence

individual, private

concerning one person exclusively

individualised, individualized, personalised, personalized

made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual

in the flesh, in-person

an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence

ain, own

belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

personalized

pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively

person-to-person

involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties

private

concerning things deeply private and personal

private

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

impersonal

not relating to or responsive to individual persons

nonpersonal

lacking personality

2adj particular to a given individual

Syn

subjective

taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

3adj of or arising from personality

personal magnetism

4adj intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

personal hygiene

Syn

physical

involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

5n a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

Hyper

news article, news story, newspaper article

an article reporting news

adj indicating grammatical person

personal verb endings

单词	personal
释义	personal (once / 35 pages) 1adjn 2adj When something's personal, it's all about you. A personal decision is one you make on your own and it’s probably about something that concerns you, too. Your personal possessions are things that belong to you. No doubt you've noticed the word person, in personal. The word comes from the Latin personalis, "of a person." Personal can be your personal habits — how often your brush your teeth, whether you like broccoli — or your personal space, or a personal attack — mean-spirited criticism aimed at somebody in particular. The "Personals" section in your local newspaper is where people place ads hoping to find true love or with other personal messages. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS personal / personnel Choose the right word for each sentence: XYZ Co. is letting go of personal/personnel at an alarming rate. My personal/personnel files include notes on how to take over the world using just a red paperclip. Match.com and other dating sites have eliminated the need to advertise in the personals/personnels. The HR department kept James' personal/personnel file updated with all the complaints about his work habits. Personal and personnel can be confused if the writer is not diligent, especially as both can be used as a noun and an adjective. Let's go through the quiz to uncover all four usages. The first example could say that XYZ Co. is laying off employees or staff; the correct choice here is personnel, a plural noun. You wouldn't have one personnel; you'd have many. The second sentence calls for personal. Personal refers to something of a particular person's, something done in person, something related to a person, and so on. My files belong to me; they are personal. They don't have anything to do with my employer. The third sentence refers to those ads placed in a newspaper by people looking for romance or wishing to send messages to others. Personals is the correct, if increasingly rare, choice. In the final sentence, a personnel file is an employee file. Although the file is about one person and is somewhat private, it is limited to James' work life at his current company; it is a file kept by the company about its employee. To remember which word is which, try this: Personnel has two ns, just as a company has to have at least two employees to have personnel. Anything personal (one n) is about one individual. WORD FAMILY personal: impersonal, interpersonal, nonpersonal, personalise, personality, personalize, personally, personals+/depersonalise: depersonalisation, depersonalising/depersonalize: depersonalization, depersonalized, depersonalizing/impersonal: impersonally/interpersonal: interpersonally/nonperson: nonpersons/person: foreperson, nonperson, personable, personal, personhood, personify, persons, unperson/personable: personableness, personabler, personably/personalise: depersonalise, personalised, personalising/personality: personalities/personalize: depersonalize, personalized, personalizes, personalizing/personification: personifications/personify: personification, personified, personifies, personifying/unperson: unpersons USAGE EXAMPLES The “unprecedented” personal wealth of Trump’s nominees warrants the delays, one senior Democratic aide said. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Should clients follow their therapist on social media or ask personal questions? Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) He cut the use of personal state vehicles in half by creating the state motor pool to share cars among state agencies. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality a personal favor for your personal use personal papers I have something personal to tell you a personal God he has his personal bank account and she has hers Syn\|Ant ad hominem appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason) face-to-face in each other's presence individual, private concerning one person exclusively individualised, individualized, personalised, personalized made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual in the flesh, in-person an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence ain, own belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive personalized pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively person-to-person involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties private concerning things deeply private and personal private confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy impersonal not relating to or responsive to individual persons nonpersonal lacking personality 2adj particular to a given individual Syn subjective taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias 3adj of or arising from personality personal magnetism 4adj intimately concerning a person's body or physical being personal hygiene Syn physical involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit 5n a short newspaper article about a particular person or group Hyper news article, news story, newspaper article an article reporting news 2 adj indicating grammatical person personal verb endings
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