喜樂美語

核心畫面

Singling out one exact thing from the crowd — pointing at this one, not just any one — and from there, paying close attention to the single small details.

可以想成從一堆東西裡，伸手指出「就是這一個」——不是隨便哪一個，而是被特別挑出來、特別點名的那一個。這個「把單一一個…更多收起可以想成從一堆東西裡，伸手指出「就是這一個」——不是隨便哪一個，而是被特別挑出來、特別點名的那一個。這個「把單一一個挑出來、特別看待」的動作，是 particular 各種意思共同的根：挑出某一個（特定的）、把某一個看得特別重（特別的）、連最小的一個細節都不放過（挑剔的、細節）。

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名詞：單一的細節

名詞這一組從「單一一個」往「一個一個的小項目、小細節」走：a particular 就是一個個別的細項，所以 particulars＝一條條詳細資料，in particular＝把其中某一個單獨拎出來強調。

in particular · noun · B2

Used in the phrase 'in particular' to mean especially, or more than others.

尤其、特別

Also in this word

one exact thing, not any other · adjective · B2

Used to talk about one exact thing or person, and not any other.

特定的

special or great in degree · adjective · B2

More than usual; special or great in amount or degree.

特別的

hard to please · adjective · B2

Not easy to please, because you want things exactly the way you like them.

挑剔的、講究的

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

particularadj/pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/

  • 1

    obsoletePertaining only to a part of something; partial.

  • 2

    Specific; discrete; concrete.

    • I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
    • We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
  • 3

    Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

    • I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
    • wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth
  • 4

    obsoleteKnown only to an individual person or group; confidential.

    • or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.
  • 5

    Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

    • Particular tension is documented among researchers in the AIDS Program Laboratory of the Center for Infectious Disease
    • My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
  • 6

    Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

    • He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
    • These women are more particular about their appearance.
  • 7

    Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

    • a full and particular account of an accident
  • 8

    lawContaining a part only; limited.

    • a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    lawHolding a particular estate.

    • a particular tenant
  • 10

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsForming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

    • a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".

particularnoun/pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/

  • 1

    A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

    • I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.
  • 2

    obsoleteA person's own individual case.

    • Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.
    • temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular
  • 3

    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesA particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

    • When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。