Special是什么意思？与especial, specific和extraordinary的区别

20/09/2019单词辨析评论62,191,360字数 2837阅读9分27秒阅读模式

摘要

在财富杂志双语精读中，我们学习了英语单词“particular”，提醒了大家要注意区分单词special, especial, specific, particular, exceptional, extraordinary和peculiar之间的差异，其实，这几个单词在应用上还是存在差异的。

通过今天的单词辨析，西贝君来给大家讲解一下：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

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相同之处

形容词用时，这些词都有“特殊的，特别的”的意思。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

这些词在用法上存在以下不同之处：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

我们通过具体的例子来看下这些词的具体使用：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

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The Recreation Team held a special place in her and our family's heart.— courant.com, "Bernadette Sirois," 8 Sep. 2019
娱乐队在她和我们全家心中占有特殊的地位。

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Venckiene’s lawyers could ask the Supreme Court to intervene, but the high court rarely takes on such issues, especial when neither the 7th Circuit nor the U.S. district court suggested any of the legal questions were close calls.— Washington Post, "Jailed judge alleging pedophile ring on verge of extradition," 22 July 2019
文基恩的律师可以要求最高法院介入，但高等法院很少处理此类问题，特别是当第七巡回法院和美国地方法院都没有暗示任何法律问题是密切联系的时候。

来看一个来自科学美国人的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

These circuits accept energy in specific amounts; if a phonon’s energy matches, the circuit can absorb it—destroying the phonon but giving an energy reading of its presence.— Leila Sloman, Scientific American, "Trapping the Tiniest Sound," 30 Aug. 2019
这些电路接受特定数量的能量，如果一个声子的能量匹配，电路可以吸收它破坏声子，但会给出其存在的能量读数。

来看一个来自大西洋月刊的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

The character of Aunt Lydia, in particular, has an arc that challenges simplistic readings of The Handmaid’s Tale.— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Challenge of Margaret Atwood," 5 Sep. 2019
尤其是莉迪亚阿姨的角色，有一道弧线挑战了对女仆故事的简单解读。

来看一个来自纽约客杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-special-especial-specific-particular-exceptional-extraordinary-peculiar.html

But what really made Tucker exceptional was her voice: a husky alto that, from the beginning, had a knowingness to it, honed sharp.— David Cantwell, The New Yorker, "Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career," 23 Aug. 2019
但真正让塔克与众不同的是她的声音：一个沙哑的中音，从一开始，就对它有所了解，磨砺得尖锐。

来看一个来自经济学人杂志的例子：

Including Mr Smith, FedEx’s ten top executives average more than three decades at the firm, which is extraordinary.— The Economist, "FedEx’s visionary founder is a disrupter at risk of disruption," 15 Aug. 2019
包括史密斯在内，非同寻常的是联邦快递的十位高管在该公司的平均任职时间超过30年。

来看一个来自国家评论杂志的例子：

Behind the facially value-neutral fad of SEL in NYC lies a peculiar mix of intersectionality, the gamification of social relations, and pop-psychology ideas of mental health.— Max C. Eden, National Review, "The Latest Education-Policy Fad Amounts to Social and Emotional Engineering," 27 Aug. 2019
在纽约市面上流行的SEL中性价值观背后，隐藏着一种独特的交叉性、游戏化社会关系以及流行的心理健康理念。