| 单词 | 独特 |
| 释义 | 〔differentiate〕To become distinct or specialized; acquire a different character.变异：变得独特、特殊；需要不同的特性〔beignet〕New Orleans, Louisiana, has been a rich contributor of French loan words and local expressions to American English.One variety of speech in this city is so distinctive that it has a name:yat. Many of the words, such asbeignet, café au lait, faubourg, lagniappe, and krewe, reflect the New World French cuisine and culture characterizing this city and much of southern Louisiana. Other words reflect distinctive physical characteristics of the city:banquette, a raised sidewalk, and camelback and shotgun, distinctive architectural styles found among New Orleans houses. 路易斯安娜州的新奥尔良对法语词汇和当地表达方式溶入美式英语起了很大贡献。这个城市里的语言是如此独特以致人们叫它yat。 许多词如beignet，cafè au lait，faubourg，lagniappe 和 krewe 反映了该城和南路易丝安娜州大部地区的新大陆上法式的烹饪和文化特色。 其它词反映了该城独特的外貌和特征：banquette 高起的人行道， camelback 和 shotgun 新奥尔良房屋的独特建筑形式 〔air〕A peculiar or characteristic impression; an aura.气氛，外观：独特或特有的印象；气氛〔magpie〕Any of various birds of the family Corvidae found worldwide, having a long graduated tail and black, blue, or green plumage with white markings and noted for their chattering call. The speciesPica pica, the black-billed magpie, is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Also called pie 2喜鹊：遍布世界各地的属于鸦科的一种鸟，长有分层的长尾，羽毛呈黑色、蓝色或绿色并带有白色斑点，以其叽叽喳喳的独特叫声而著称。喜鹊 ，即黑喙喜鹊，广泛分布于北半球 也作 pie2〔figuration〕The act of forming something into a particular shape.定形：把…做成独特形状的行为〔turn〕To give distinctive, artistic, or graceful form to:使变得形式优美，使变得形状匀称：给予独特，艺术，优雅的形式：〔touch〕A characteristic way of doing things:特殊方法：做事情的一种独特方式：〔organicism〕The theory that the total organization of an organism, rather than the functioning of individual organs, is the principal or exclusive determinant of every life process.有机体理论：主张机体的总体组合而非各机体独特功能是每个生命过程主要的且起决定性作用的因素的理论〔pupa〕The nonfeeding stage between the larva and adult in the metamorphosis of holometabolous insects, during which the larva typically undergoes complete transformation within a protective cocoon or hardened case.蛹：全变态昆虫从幼虫到成虫的变形时期的不进食阶段，这一阶段内，幼虫在一种起保护作用的茧或硬壳中独特地完成变形的全过程〔Wales〕A principality of the United Kingdom on the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Incorporated with England since the Act of Union (1536), Wales has maintained its own distinct culture and a strong nationalist sentiment. Cardiff is the capital and the largest city. Population, 2,790,462.威尔士：英国大不列颠岛西部半岛之一地区。自联盟令(1536年）后与英格兰合并，它同时保持了自己的独特文化风格和强烈的民族主义情感。加的夫为其首府及最大城市。人口2,790,462〔habit〕 Use andwont are terms for the customary and distinctive practice of an individual or a group: Use 和wont 是描述个人或群体习惯性的独特行为的用语： 〔special〕a special type of paint; a special medication for arthritis.一种独特的油漆；关节炎的独特疗法〔animal〕A person having a specified aptitude or set of interests:与众不同的人，奇特的事物：具有独特才能和兴趣爱好的人：〔aerodynamic〕Styled with distinctively rounded edges so as to reduce wind drag and thereby increase fuel efficiency. Used especially of automobiles and vans.流线型的：具有独特圆边款式以减少风阻从而提高燃料效率的。用以特指汽车或轻型汽车的款式〔bout〕A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell:一段时间，一段时光：以独特方式打发掉的一段时光；一段时间：〔bouquet〕The fragrance typical of a wine or liqueur.酒香：酒或甜酒的独特香味〔Shearing〕British jazz pianist and composer whose signature sound is marked by a unique quintet arrangement that includes bass, guitar, drums, and vibraphone.席林，乔治·艾伯特：英国爵士乐钢琴家与作曲家，其特色乐声以包含低音乐器、吉他、鼓和电颤琴的独特五重奏改编乐曲为特点〔compel〕"The land, in a certain, very real way, compels the minds of the people"(Barry Lopez)“土地以一种独特且真实的方式控制着人们的思想”(巴里·洛佩斯)〔example〕a unique episode, without example in maritime history.在航海史上没有先例的独特事件〔katydid〕Any of various green insects of the family Tettigoniidae related to the grasshoppers and the crickets, the male of which produces a shrill sound by rubbing together specialized organs on the forewings.树螽：与蚱蜢、蟋蟀同属叶蝉科的一种绿色昆虫，雄螽的前翅上有一种独特器官，摩擦时产生一种尖锐声音〔cuisine〕A characteristic manner or style of preparing food:烹饪法：制备食品的独特的方法或风格：〔specialty〕An item or a product of a distinctive kind or of particular superiority:特制：独特品种或具有特殊优势的项目或产品：〔individuality〕The quality or state of being individual; singularity:独特：具有个人的性质，处于个人的状态；单个：〔organelle〕A differentiated structure within a cell, such as a mitochondrion, vacuole, or chloroplast, that performs a specific function.细胞器官：细胞内执行特定功能的独特结构，如线粒体、液泡或叶绿体〔formation〕the distinctive formation of the human eye.人眼的独特结构〔licorice〕A Mediterranean perennial plant(Glycyrrhiza glabra) having blue flowers, pinnately compound leaves, and a sweet, distinctively flavored root. 洋甘草：一种地中海地区的多年生植物（洋甘草 甘草属） ，开蓝色花，羽状复叶，根甜并味道独特 〔quality〕a voice with a distinctive metallic quality.拥有独特刺耳的嗓音〔odorous〕Having a distinctive odor:芳香的，香气的：有一种突出气味的有一种独特气味的：〔touch〕A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture:触感：触摸一具有独特质地的某物时所体验到的感觉：〔unique〕Over the course of the centuryunique has become the paradigmatic example of the class of terms that do not allow comparison or modification by an adverb of degree such as very, somewhat, or quite. Thus, most grammarians believe that it is incorrect to say that something isvery unique or more unique than something else, though phrases such asnearly unique and almost unique are acceptable. In the most recent survey the sentenceHer designs are quite unique in today's fashion scene was unacceptable to 80 percent of the Usage Panel. · Critical objections to the comparison and degree modification of absolute terms date to the 18th centuryand have been applied to a wide group of adjectives includingequal, fatal, omnipotent, parallel, perfect, and unanimous. According to the standard argument, such words denote properties that a thing either does or does not have but cannot have to a qualifiable degree.Thus ifunique is properly used to mean "without equal or equivalent,” something either is unique or it isn't, and phrases such asvery unique and more unique can only betray a weakening of the sense to mean something like "unusual" or "distinctive.” It is true that comparison and modification ofunique are often associated with the style favored by copywriters, as in the advertisement announcing thatOmaha's most unique restaurant is now even more unique or in the claim that a new automobile is So unique, it's patented. But modification ofunique is also found in the work of reputable writers, where it may lack any connotations of hyperbole.A painting is described asthe most unique of Beckman's self-portraits, and a travel writer states thatChicago is no less unique an American city than New York or San Francisco. The relative acceptability of these usages reflects the semantic subtlety ofunique itself. If we were to useunique only according to the strictest criteria of logic, after all, we might freely apply the term to anything in the worldsince nothing is wholly equivalent to anything else.Clearly, then, when we say that a restaurant or painting is unique,we mean that it is worthy of inclusion in a class by itself according to certain implicit but generally accepted criteria.Thus a legitimately unique painting might be one that realizes an unparalleled aesthetic vision,but not one that is rendered only in pigments whose names begin with the lettero; and a legitimately unique restaurant might be one that serves 18th-century French cuisine according to the original recipes,not one that has been installed in a converted sardine cannery.Given this understanding, it is not inherently impossible to think of uniqueness as a matter of degree,in the sense that one painting or restaurant may be more or less worthy of inclusion in a class by itself than some other. ·What is troubling about the copywriters' use ofunique is not that the word has become a synonym for unusual. Rather, it is the copywriters who are using the word in conformity with strict logic.Uniqueness is claimed for a restaurant in virtue of some trivial properties of its decor or menu,or for a resort hotel that simply happens to have a singularly picturesque view of the bay.Though it may be true that such properties render these thingslogically unique, they do not constitute legitimate grounds for putting the things into a class by themselves according to the criteria ordinarily invoked when things are sorted into classes.In fact, the abuse ofunique can be cloying even when no modification or comparison is involved; when we read an advertisement for a line of sportswear that featuresa unique selection of colors, we may suspect that the distinctive properties of the color selection are not so remarkable as the advertiser would have us believe. But it is not surprising that these uses ofunique should lend themselves to promiscuous modification and comparison; for once it is granted that uniqueness can be claimed for any product or service that is somehow distinctive from all its competitors,it is inevitable that an increase in uniqueness will be seen in every minor innovation.See Usage Note at equal ,infinite ,parallel ,perfect 在本世纪整个过程中unique 已成为不能由程度副词，例 very、somewhat 或 quite， 比较或修饰的一类术语的例证。 因此，多数语法学家认为说某事是very unique 或 more unique than 是不正确的， 虽然短语例如nearly unique 和 almost unique 是可接受的。 在最近的调查中，句子Her designs are quite unique in today's fashion scene （她的设计在现今流行样式的场面中是很独特的） 对用法专题使用小组的百分之八十成员是不可接受的。 对纯粹术语的比较和程度修饰的主要异议可追述到18世纪，并已广泛用到许多形容词中，包括equal, fatal, omnipotent, parallel, perfect 和 unanimous。 根据标准论据，这些单词表示一事有或没有但不能有可修饰的程度的性质。于是如果unique 适当地用于表示“没有相等或相当的”，则某事是唯一的或不是唯一的， 而短语像very unique 和 more unique 仅能表露出说明某事像“不寻常的”或“独特的”的意义的减弱。 的确，unique 的比较和修饰常与撰稿人喜欢的文体相联系， 如在广告中称Omaha's most unique restaurant is now even more unique（奥马哈城的最独特的餐馆现在甚至是更加独特） 或声称新汽车是 So unique, it's patented（如此独特，它取得了专利权）。 但是unique 的修饰也在著名作家的作品中发现， 那里可能缺乏夸张法的任何涵义。描述一张油画为the most unique of Beckman's self-portraits（最独特的贝克曼的自画像）， 一位旅游作家叙述Chicago is no less unique an American city than New York or San Francisco（芝加哥比纽约或旧金山是不逊独特的美国城市）。 这些用法的相对可接受性反映unique 自身语义的巧妙。 如果我们仅按照逻辑的严格标准使用unique ， 则我们终于会自由地把此术语使用于世界上的任何事，因为没有完全等同于另一事的事。于是，显然当我们说餐馆或油画是独特的时，我们意味着根据某种隐含的但可普遍接受的判据它是值得包含在一个等级内的。于是合理独特的油画可能是实现空前未有的审美型的，而不是仅给予名字以字母O开始的颜料； 合理独特的餐馆可能根据原来的食谱提供18世纪法国菜肴的餐馆，而不是配备转换的沙丁鱼罐头食品的餐馆。按这样了解，将独特性视为程度问题不是本来就不可能的，在这个意义上一张油画或一个餐馆或多或少可能是极好的有价值的内涵物而不是其他。关于撰稿人使用unique 的困惑不是此单词已成为 unusual 的同义词。 相反地，正是撰稿人使用此单词与严密的逻辑相一致。对餐馆声称独特性是由于它的布置或菜单的某些不重要的性质，或者对于人们常去的旅馆仅因为有海湾的独一无二地别致的景象。虽然这样的性质使得这些事logically 独特的可能是真实的， 但是当事情进行了分类，根据平常实行的判据把这些事情自身放到一类，他们不组成正常的基础。事实上unique 的滥用会使人发腻，即使在没有涉及修饰或比较的时候； 当我们读运动服装的unique selection of colors（颜色的独特选择） 的一行广告时， 我们会怀疑颜色选择的独特性质并非广告商希望我们所认为的那么明显。但不必惊讶于unique 的这些用法应当适用于杂乱的修饰和比较； 就这一次可以承认，独特性能用来指任何产品或服务，它们与所有的竞争者相比较有某种程度的特色，在每一小的创新中可以看到独特性的增加是必然会发生的 参见 equal,infinite,parallel,perfect〔famously〕"his famously neurotic mannerisms[are] lampooned in the novels of Evelyn Waugh" (James Atlas)“他那出名地神经质的独特格调 在艾佛琳·瓦夫的小说中受到讥讽” (詹姆斯·亚特拉斯)〔severalty〕The quality or condition of being separate and distinct.独特：个别独特的性质或情况〔idiomatic〕Peculiar to or characteristic of a given language.语言独特现象的：某种语言所特有的或具有某种语言特点的〔Montgomery〕American jazz guitarist noted for his unique, quiet style and for the rich, mellow tones he produced by playing guitar without a pick.蒙哥马利，约翰·莱斯利：美籍爵士吉他乐手，以其不以拨片演奏吉他所产生的独特、平静风格和丰富柔美的音调著称 |
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