单词 | specialization |
释义 | specialization (once / 7823 pages) n If you have a specialization, that means you focus on a specific aspect of a larger topic. If you’re a nurse, your specialization might be pediatric care, which means you focus on providing care to infants and children. You probably notice that the word special makes up a big part of specialization, which can help you remember its meaning. Your specialization is your special subject or skill. If you’re planning on studying biology in college, your advisor eventually will ask what your area of specialization will be. When you graduate, you’ll know a lot about biology in general, but there’ll be a particular area — such as marine biology or rodent reproduction — that you studied deeply. WORD FAMILYspecialization: specializations+/overspecialize: overspecialized/special: specialise, specialism, speciality, specialize, specially, specialness, specials/specialisation: specialisations/specialise: overspecialise, specialisation, specialised, specialiser, specialises, specialising/specialised: unspecialised/specialism: specialisms, specialist/specialist: specialistic, specialists/speciality: specialities/specialize: overspecialize, specialization, specialized, specializer, specializes, specializing/specialized: unspecialized/specializer: specializers USAGE EXAMPLESTheir work was collaborative, with areas of specialization. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) What vexes Minaya is the increasing specialization of high school athletes, leading talented teenagers to limit their choice to one sport early in the process. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) The idea of specialization of production based on relative efficiency of resources was seen as capitalist and dangerous to communist development. Salon(Nov 29, 2016) 1n the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose Syn|Hyper specialisation change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics 2n the special line of work you have adopted as your career his specialization is gastroenterology Syn|Hyper specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialty calling, career, vocation the particular occupation for which you are trained 3n (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function Syn|Hyper differentiation, specialisation adaptation, adaption, adjustment the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
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