an act of describing or identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement 明确说明;详述 give a full specification of the job advertised. 把广告上登的那份工作详细地描述一下。 [mass noun]there was no clear specification of objectives. 没有对目标进行明确描述。 ■(常作 specifications)a detailed description of the design and materials used to make something 工程设计书;详细说明 ■a standard of workmanship, materials, required to be met in a piece of work 规格;规范 everything was built to a higher specification. 一切都是按照更高规格建造的。 ■a description of an invention accompanying an application for a patent (申请专利用的)发明说明书
语源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin specificatio(n-), from late Latin specificare (see specify)