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英语单词 specify
英美音标 英 ['spesɪfaɪ] 美 ['spesɪfaɪ]
中文释义 v.详细说明;指定;阐述
英语例句 (1) Please specify when you will be at home tomorrow.
(2) Please specify the whole process of the project.
中文例句 (1) 请确切说明你明天何时会在家。
(2) 请阐述下这个项目的整个过程。
vocabulary简明 To explicitly name something or state a particular detail, you specify that thing. So, when you have a craving for dessert and you send someone to the store to buy ice cream, you may want to specify a flavor.
vocabulary扩展 If you assign something for a particular purpose, this verb means that you specify. Your parents can specify for safety's sake that you can only ride your bicycle on the sidewalk and not on the street. Another use of the verb specify is to give a set of requirements. If you have your grandmother's old recipe for snickerdoodle cookies, you may wonder what the recipe means when it specifies that you should add "a smidgen of molasses."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]明确说明;具体指定 If you specify something, you give information about what is required or should happen in a certain situation.
  [V n]
  [V wh]
  • They specified a spacious entrance hall...

    他们专门指定要一个宽敞的大门厅。

  • He has not specified what action he would like them to take.

    他尚未明确说明自己希望他们采取什么样的行动。

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[VERB 动词]具体说明(或规定) If you specify what should happen or be done, you explain it in an exact and detailed way.
  [V n]
  [V that]
  [V-ed]
  • Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used...

    每种菜谱都具体规定了所用鸡蛋的大小。

  • One rule specifies that learner drivers must be supervised by adults...

    一条规则明确规定,见习驾驶员必须有成人的监督。

  • Patients eat together at a specified time.

    病人在规定的时间集体就餐。

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