Word familynounparticularismparticularistparticularityparticularizationparticularnessadjectiveparticularisticparticularverbparticularizeadverbparticularly
1ESPECIALLYmore than usual or more than others 特别,尤其SYN especially
Steve was in a particularly bad mood when he got back.
史蒂夫回来时情绪特别不好。
The restaurant is particularly popular with young people.
那家餐厅尤其受到年轻人的欢迎。
We are hoping to expand our business, particularly in Europe.
我们希望扩大业务,尤其是在欧洲。
British farmers, particularly those producing lamb, are very worried.
英国农场主,尤其是养羊羔的农场主,非常担忧。
2not particularly
a)NOTnot very 不太,不是非常
I’m not particularly impressed with their performance.
我不是特别欣赏他们的表演。
b)spokenNOT not very much 不(是)特别…
‘Do you want to come to the party?’ ‘Not particularly.’
“你想来参加聚会吗?”“不是特别想。”
Examples from the Corpus
not particularly• "You don't like cats very much, do you?" "No, not particularly."• I didn't particularly want to go out.• Birmingham isn't a particularlybeautiful city.• The climate, in most cases, is not particularlyconducive to individualcreativity.• With this rap on your head, you were not particularlyeager to meet the boss.• It was a good film, not particularlyexciting, but enjoyable.• When I was a kid, I was not particularly good in school.• Unfortunately the news at the moment is not particularly good.• True, they were not particularly large, but they were keeping their shape well.• So that leads me to think that these sorts of events are not particularlyuncommon.• The questions were not particularly well answered.• Jon isn't particularlyworried about money.• Other writers will make different choices, and that in itself does not particularly worry me.