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spe·cif·ic1 /spəˈsɪfɪk/ S1 W1 AWL adjectiveadj

1 [only before noun]ONLY a specific thing, person, or group is one particular thing, person, or group 具体的，特定的，特有的 OPP non-specific

games suitable for specific age groups

适合特定年龄组的游戏

a specific example of alcohol’s effect on the body

酒精对身体影响的具体例子

2 DETAILdetailed and exact 详细的；明确的，确切的 OPP non-specific

Mr Howarth gave us very specific instructions.

豪沃思先生给了我们很明确的指示。

specific about

Could you be more specific about what you’re looking for?

你能否更详细地说说你要找什么？

3 specific to something formalONLY limited to or affecting only one particular thing 仅限于某事物的，只对某事物有影响的

a disease specific to horses

只有马才会得的病

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specific to something• The conference is held to discuss issues specific to senior citizens.

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specific• Tauscher refused to be specific about his future plans.• Generally, however, the handbook provisions in question must be specific and clear.• Each B-cell makes its own specific antibody, depending on the type of intruder to which it is responding.• Figure 4 depicts the concentrations of IgM specific antibody secreting cells to beta lactoglobulin and casein in these patients.• Rooney wouldn't comment on specific candidates for the job.• Those consequences have been highlighted by my hon. Friend with specific examples from industries within his constituency.• We still have location-based teams but these work in partnership to make the best use of specific expertise at particular sites.• Research is an active and formally organised search for specific information for a specific purpose.• The Senate voted to ban nine specific models of assault weapons.• User attitudes to specific presentations and to the tape/slide method of instruction were also studied.• Power plant employees must follow very specific safety guidelines.• The true self must be understood as engaging in the world in a specific way as part of a community.

specific2 AWL noun

1 specifics [plural]DETAIL particular details 细节，详情

specifics of

the specifics of the lawsuit

这件诉讼案的细节

give/go into/provide etc specifics

Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal.

瑟曼不愿详谈交易的细节。

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give/go into/provide etc specifics• Ashcroft did not go into specifics of his plans publicly, but black lawmakers provided details given to them.

2. [countableC] medicalMD a drug that has an effect only on one particular disease 特效药

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specific• He wants to know about specifics, about problems and how I solve them.• But he was unable to produce any specifics.• She was not allowed by her publicist to reveal any specifics about what new scandals she may have uncovered.• As yet there has been little public debate on the specifics of the options or the associated design choices.• Perhaps custodial aesthetics, which is directed more to the specifics of particular cultures, in some way addresses his concerns.• Dole has endorsed the concept of a flat tax but has been reluctant to commit to specifics.• Only as discussions settled down to specifics did some of the reasoning become clear.

Origin specific1

(1600-1700) Late Latin specificus, from Latin species; → SPECIES

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