接着前面纽约时报双语精读：进口仿制药的出路来了提到的这个词来给大家说“individual”作形容词时和characteristic, distinctive, peculiar的区别。其实，这种情况在外刊阅读的过程中是非常常见的，看那些英语学习的牛人们的学习方法你就知道，温故知新和单词辨析的概念相差无几，这都是一个循序渐进的过程。
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相同之处
当这几个词当形容词讲时，都有“特征的”的意思。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
不同之处
- individual：指特指的人或物，着重其与众不同，强调可将其区别出的品质与特性；
- peculiar：侧重指某人或某物本身与众不同；也可指种族、民族或性别，着重有其无可争议的特点；
- characteristic：侧重指具有区别能力，典型的或本质的事物；
- distinctive：突出与众不同的或令人称赞的个性或特征。
我们通过例子来看这几个词的具体使用：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
individual
来看一个来自财富杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
- The initiative aims to collect health data from 1 million Americans in an effort to understand the genetic, environmental, and lifestyle effects on individual well-being, and to spur personalized drug development and treatment.— Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Genetic Counseling for a Million Person Study: Brainstorm Health," 21 Aug. 2019
- 这个倡议旨在收集100万美国人的健康数据，以了解基因、环境和生活方式对个人幸福的影响，从而 推动个性化药物开发和治疗。
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peculiar
来看一个来自经济学人的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
- This was possible because of a peculiar electoral system set up after 1989 in which all citizens had two votes, one for a one-representative district and another for a multi-member district.— The Economist, "How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy," 29 Aug. 2019
- 这种可能性是存在的，因为自1989年以后建立了一种特殊的选举制度，所有公民都有两张选票，一张代表单人区，另一张代表多人区。
characteristic
关联例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
- Bananas have their own characteristic smell.
- 香蕉有其特有的香味。
distinctive
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-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
- In the pluralistic American tradition, each legislator contributed a distinctive voice to the proceedings.— Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "In Search of a “Viral Moment” at the Robert Mueller Hearings," 25 July 2019
- 在多元的美国传统中，每一位立法者都为诉讼贡献了独特的声音。
总结
形容词的词性直接决定着这个词需要承担的成分，这个理论和通过外刊阅读提高词汇量是一个概念，只有输入的量达到一定级别以后，词汇量也就会提高了。单词辨析的概念也是，你见的词多了，你就自然知道了它们之间的差异了。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
如果你还想看看其他外刊阅读的文章，可以看看：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-wordsindividual-characteristic-peculiar-distinctive.html
如何通过外刊阅读来提高自己的英语水平呢？可以看看：
怎么利用经济学人（The Economist）来学英语（上）
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