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connected with one particular thing only 特定的 specific needs/requirements 具体需求/要求 patients who suffer from a specific type of cancer 患有特定类型癌症的患者 The money was collected for a specific purpose. 这笔钱是为一个特定用途而收的。 specific problems/issues 具体问题/问题 a specific location/task/case 具体位置/任务/情况 children with specific learning difficulties (= in one area only) 某一方面有学习困难的儿童
Extra ExamplesI know that this is not your specific area of expertise. 我知道这不是您的专业知识领域。 Each debate will focus on a specific political issue. 每场辩论将聚焦一个特定的政治问题。 children’s television programmes aimed at a specific age group 针对特定年龄段的少儿电视节目 a specific target/goal 具体目标/目标
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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detailed and exact 明确的；具体的 specific information/details/examples/questions 具体信息/细节/示例/问题 ‘I'd like your help tomorrow.’ ‘Can you be more specific (= tell me exactly what you want)?’ “我想让你明天来帮帮我。” “你能不能说得具体些？” The regulations make specific reference to the transmission of personal data over a network. 该法规特别提及通过网络传输个人数据。 I gave you specific instructions. 我给过你明确的指示。 - specific about something
He was not specific about his plans. 他没有具体计划。
Extra ExamplesCan you be a little more specific in your instructions? 你的指示能再具体些吗？ Highly specific instructions were issued. 作出了一系列极为明确的指示。 She was quite specific about the type she wanted. 对自己想要哪种类型她十分明确。 issuing a highly specific set of instructions 作出一系列极为明确的指示 We try to meet the specific requirements of our clients. 我们努力满足客户的特定要求。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- specific (to something) (formal)
existing only in one place or limited to one thing 特有的；独特的 a belief that is specific to this part of Africa 非洲这一地区特有的一种观念 These heart issues are specific to women. 这些心脏问题是妇女独有的。 These values are culturally specific, not naturally given. 这些价值观具有文化特征，并非天然形成。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘having a special determining quality’): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’.