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Monday, September 7, 2009

1.57 Specific

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
specific /spə'sɪfɪk/
  1. A specific idea, person, group etc. is the one that is of interest, or when someone knows exactly which one they're talking about.
  2. If something is specific, it is detailed, clear, and limited.
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  1. specific
    [spi'sifik]
    adj. 特殊的,明确的,具有特效的
    n. 特效药,特性,详情
    She says she'll come, but I can't nail her down to a specific time.

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  2. The faculty of speaking is specific to mankind.

    Korean : 특수한, 특별한; 일정한, 특정의, 한정된; 명확한, 분명한.

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  3. The festival is not specific to one region, music, or style, according to Adepegba.

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  4. Future studies should make this distinction to determine the specific influences on adolescent substance abuse.

    Japanese; meikaku na, syou sai na

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  5. Gestures are nonverbal substitutes for specific verbal words or phrases and are probably learned in essentially the same way as are specific words and phrases, without conscious awareness or explicit teaching and largely through imitation

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  6. The trouble with Bill was that he never had a specific aim in life.

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  7. This Card Catalog can help you find information about specific disabilities.
    Italian: Specifico

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  8. As we've seen, we can also use the thread pool for executing a task at a specific time.
    Russian: определенный

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