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单词 particular
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
par•tic•u•lar /pɚˈtɪkyəlɚ, pəˈtɪk-/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, etc.;
    not general:[before a noun]one's particular interests.
  2. considered separately from others;
    specific;
    distinct:[before a noun]a particular item on a list.
  3. greater or stronger than usual;
    unusual:[before a noun]Take particular pains with this job.
  4. overly selective;
    fussy;
    hard to please:[be + ~]He is very particular about his food.

n. [countable]
  1. an individual or distinct part, as an item in a series:In at least one particular the lawyer had caught her in a lie.
  2. Usually, particulars. [plural] specific points, details, or circumstances:the particulars of a case.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in particular, particularly;
    especially:Are you doing anything in particular at the moment?

See -par-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
par•tic•u•lar  (pər tikyə lər, pə tik-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all;
    special rather than general:one's particular interests in books.
  2. immediately present or under consideration;
    in this specific instance or place:Look at this particular clause in the contract.
  3. distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary;
    noteworthy;
    marked;
    unusual:She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.
  4. exceptional or especial:Take particular pains with this job.
  5. being such in an exceptional degree:a particular friend of mine.
  6. dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person;
    detailed;
    minute.
  7. exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting;
    fastidious;
    fussy:to be particular about one's food.
  8. Philosophy[Logic.]
    • Philosophynot general;
      referring to an indefinite part of a whole class.
    • Philosophy(of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.
    • Philosophypartaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.
  9. Law
    • noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as lands devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children.
    • noting the tenant of such an estate.

n. 
  1. an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration.
  2. Usually, particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances:to give an investigator the particulars of a case.
  3. Philosophy[Logic.]an individual or a specific group within a general class.
  4. Idioms in particular, particularly;
    specifically;
    especially:There is one book in particular that may help you.
  • Late Latin, as above
  • Middle French
  • Late Latin particulāris, equivalent. to Latin particul(a) particle + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English particuler
  • 1350–1400
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See special. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged specific.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distinct; discrete.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged notable.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scrupulous, careful, exact, precise.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discriminating; finical, finicky. Particular, dainty, fastidious imply great care, discrimination, and taste in choices, in details about one's person, etc. Particular implies esp. care and attention to details:particular about one's clothes.Dainty implies delicate taste and exquisite cleanliness:a dainty dress.Fastidious implies being difficult to please and critical of small or minor points:a fastidious taste in styles.
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged feature, particularity.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ordinary.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inexact.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged undiscriminating.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
particular /pəˈtɪkjʊlə/ adj
  1. (prenominal) of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special: the particular demands of the job, no particular reason
  2. (prenominal) exceptional or marked: a matter of particular importance
  3. (prenominal) relating to or providing specific details or circumstances: a particular account
  4. exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy
  5. (of the solution of a differential equation) obtained by giving specific values to the arbitrary constants in a general equation
  6. (of a proposition) affirming or denying something about only some members of a class of objects, as in some men are not wicked
    Compare universal
n
  1. a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general
  2. (often plural) an item of information; detail: complete in every particular
  3. in particularespecially, particularly, or exactly
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v
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