adj. 特别的;详细的;独有的;挑剔的;
n. 特色,特点;(可分类,列举的)项目;详细情节,细情,细目;某一事项;
💡 part部分,分开+icular有…的→有自己的部分→特别的
"There is one particular patient I'd like you to see."
我想让你见一个病人。
近义:item, technicality, circumstance, detail, fact, factor
反义:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
vt. 更喜欢;提升,提拔;给予(债权人)优先权;提出(控告);
vi. 更喜欢,宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来,拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义:select, choose
反义:loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. <美>颜色,色彩;肤色,脸色,血色;颜料,染料;本质;
v. <美>给…涂颜色;改变…的颜色;粉饰,渲染,使带上色彩;脸红;
"She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes."
她与她姐姐眼睛的颜色不同.
近义:hue, paint, tint, colour, shade, dye
反义:bleach, decolourise, discolour, decolorize, etiolate, fade