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单词 unique
释义 unique
I. \yüˈnēk, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: French, from Latin unicus sole, single, unique, from unus one + -icus -ic — more at one
1.
 a. : being the only one : sole
  < earning money whose unique object could be nothing but Cyril's welfare — Arnold Bennett >
  < has thus preserved the original and often unique records — G.B.Parks >
  < you are a miracle, a wonder, a mystery … one single unique and inimitable living thing — J.C.Powys >
 b. of a book : known to exist in no other copy
2. : being without a like or equal : single in kind or excellence : unequaled
 < they stand alone, unique, objects of supreme interest — A.B.Osborne >
 < as historian he knows that events, like persons, are unique — J.M.Barzun >
 < remains singularly himself, a unique lyrist of the first water — I.L.Salomon >
 < an almost unique experience — Havelock Ellis >
 < tendencies present in our contemporary world which make our own times somewhat unique — M.B.Smith >
 < story of his life is considerably more unique than most autobiographies — Dorothy C. Fisher >
 < the more we study him, the less unique he seems — Harry Levin >
— sometimes used with to
 < the problem of what to do with surplus women is by no means unique to our own society — Ralph Linton >
or with
 < by no means unique with the song sparrow — Nature Magazine >
3. : unusual, notable
 < possessed unique ability in the raising of funds — D.F.Thwing >
 < the wife of a career diplomat has a unique opportunity to observe the world political scene — Ray Pierre >
 < a frankness unique in literature — David Daiches >
 < unique peach and privacy — R.W.Hatch >
 < cheap, nourishing, and a unique dining experience — T.H.Fielding >
 < the most unique characteristic of that environment — R.A.Billington >
 < she's the most unique person I ever met — Arthur Miller >
 < the most unique theater in town — advt >
4. : capable of being performed in only one way
 < the factorization of a number into its prime factors is unique >
Synonyms: see single, strange
II. noun
(-s)
: something (as a specimen, thing, circumstance, or person) that is unique : the only one of its kind
 < mistaking the unique for the typical — W.J.Reilly >
 < the zest of the collector for possession of a unique — Roy Bedichek >
 < a display of glass, including undercoated uniquesDanish Foreign Office Journal >
 < the phoenix, the unique of birds — Thomas De Quincey >
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