specific

specific
[spəˈsɪfɪk]
adjective
  1. clearly defined or identified
    确切的;具体的
    savings were made by increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs.
    只有电量供应达到特定发展的需求时才通过增加供应量获得积余。
    ■precise and clear in making statements or issuing instructions
    (声明或作指示)清楚的;明确的;具体的
    when ordering goods be specific.
    订货时要说清楚。
    ■belonging or relating uniquely to a particular subject
    特有的;特定的
    information needs are often very specific to companies and individuals.
    公司和个人往往有特定的信息需求。
  2. (Biology)of, relating to, or connected with species or a species
    (生)种的
  3. (of a duty or a tax) levied at a fixed rate per physical unit of the thing taxed, regardless of its price
    (关税,税)按数量(每件有固定税率)征取而不按货价征取的
  4. (Physics)of or denoting a number equal to the ratio of the value of some property of a given substance to the value of the same property of some other substance used as a reference, such as water, or of a vacuum, under equivalent conditions
    (物理)比率的
    ■of or denoting a physical quantity expressed in terms of a unit mass, volume, or other measure, in order to give a value independent of the properties or scale of the particular system studied
    比率
noun
  1. (chiefly dated)a medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body
    (主旧)特效药
  2. (常作 specifics)a precise detail
    详情;细节
派生
specifically
adverb
  1. [sentence adverb]
specificity
[ˌspɛsɪˈfɪsɪti]
noun
specificness
noun
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (originally in the sense 'having a special determining quality'): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species (see species)
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