| 单词 | specify |
| 释义 | specify (once / 522 pages) v To explicitly name something or state a particular detail, you specify that thing. So, when you have a craving for dessert and you send someone to the store to buy ice cream, you may want to specify a flavor. If you assign something for a particular purpose, this verb means that you specify. Your parents can specify for safety's sake that you can only ride your bicycle on the sidewalk and not on the street. Another use of the verb specify is to give a set of requirements. If you have your grandmother's old recipe for snickerdoodle cookies, you may wonder what the recipe means when it specifies that you should add "a smidgen of molasses." WORD FAMILYspecify: specifiable, specification, specified, specifier, specifies, specifying+/specification: specifications/specified: unspecified USAGE EXAMPLESTo this day the limited case documentation provided to the family doesn’t specify which “terror” organization the pastor supposedly joined. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The Wildcats coach did not specify during his weekly radio show Monday night when the previously-taped talk with Pitino would air. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Benefits accruing to the United States proved more difficult to specify. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1v be specific about Could you please specify your criticism of my paper? Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize generalise, generalize speak or write in generalities spell out make explicit; specify in detail dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing 2v define clearly Syn|Hypo|Hyper nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down concretize make something concrete determine fix in scope; fix the boundaries of 3v decide upon or fix definitely specify the parameters Syn|Hypo|Hyper define, determine, fix, limit, set quantify use as a quantifier namemention and identify by name resetset anew definegive a definition for the meaning of a word redefinegive a new or different definition of (a word) choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 4v select something or someone for a specific purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper assign, set apart dedicate set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church detailassign to a specific task choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 5v determine the essential quality of Syn|Hypo|Hyper define, delimit, delimitate, delineate determine fix in scope; fix the boundaries of redefinegive a new or different definition to nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin downdefine clearly be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 6v specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement Syn|Hypo|Hyper condition, qualify, stipulate stipulate give a guarantee or promise of provide determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement 7v design or destine Syn|Hypo|Hyper designate, destine, intend mean destine or designate for a certain purpose designplan something for a specific role or purpose or effect slatedesignate or schedule aim, calculate, directspecifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public plan make plans for something |
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