adj.(形容词)

1. 单独的，独自的
2. 独特的，特有的，特殊的，与众不同的
3. 个别的；单一的
4. 个人的，个体的
5. 供一人用的

n.(名词)

1. 个人，个体
2. 独立单位
3. （常与形容词连用）…人
4. 单株
5. 个别
6. 不可分割的实体

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]个别的,单独的,个人的 single; separate
2. [A]独特的 characteristic of a single person, animal, plant or thing; particular

n.(名词)

1. [C]个人 single human being

Noun:

1. a human being;

   "there was too much for one person to do"
   

2. a single organism

Adjective:

1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person;

   "individual drops of rain"
   "please mark the individual pages"
   "they went their individual ways"
   

2. separate and distinct from others of the same kind;

   "mark the individual pages"
   "on a case-by-case basis"
   

3. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

   "an individual serving"
   "single occupancy"
   "a single bed"
   

4. concerning one person exclusively;

   "we all have individual cars"
   "each room has a private bath"
   

1.个别的;单独的
individual means relating to one person or thing, rather than to a large group.

e.g. They wait for the group to decide rather than makingindividual decisions...
他们等待团体作决定而不是各自作出决定。
e.g. Aid toindividual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy...
对个别国家的援助会与其民主进程相挂钩。

individually
...cheeses which come in individually wrapped segments...
单独包装成块的奶酪
There are 96 pieces and they are worth, individually and collectively, a lot of money.
共有 96 件,它们无论单独一件还是放在一起,都值很多钱。

2.个体;个人
Anindividual is a person.

individual的解释

e.g. ...anonymous individuals who are doing good things within our community.
一些在我们社区内做好事却不留名的个人
e.g. ...the rights and responsibilities of theindividual...
个人的权利和责任

3.独特的;有个性的
If you describe someone or something asindividual, you mean that you admire them because they are very unusual and do not try to imitate other people or things.

e.g. It was really all part of her veryindividual personality...
那其实都是她独特个性的表现。
e.g. The language is highlyindividual.
语言非常独特。

1. 个别的：虽然还没有完全丧失所指涉的社会关系,它却已经不再代表人形体上或社会意义上的集结.这个误导的称呼, 影响深远.就科技本身的条件来说,收音机与电视倒不见得是一定要以个别的(individual)家庭作为传输其讯息的对象,

A teacher can't give individual attention to each pupil if his class is large.

如果班上的人数多，老师就不能给予个别辅导了。

It is difficult for a teacher to give individual attention to children in a large class.

教师在人数多的班上，很难对各个学生都照顾到。

She has her own individual style of doing things.

她有自己独特的行事风格。

No individual shall overtop the law.

任何个人的权力都不能凌驾于法律之上。

Exceptions can not be made for individuals.

对个人不能有例外。

What does it mean to be a unique human individual?

成为一个独特的个体意味着什么?

We interviewed each individual member of the community.

我们采访了社区中的每个成员。

The minister refused to comment on individual cases.

那位部长拒绝对具体个案发表评论。

respect for individual freedom

对个人自由的尊重

an individual pizza

供一人食用的比萨饼

a highly individual style of dress

十分有个性的衣着风格

The competition is open to both teams and individuals.

团队和个人均可参加比赛。

Treatment depends on the individual involved.

治疗方式因人而异。

donations from private individuals (= ordinary people rather than companies, etc.)

私人捐赠

She's grown into quite an individual.

她已经长成了一个相当有个性的人。

an odd-looking individual

模样怪异的人

So this individual came up and demanded money.

于是这个怪人就走上前来要钱。

They wait for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions...

他们等待团体作决定而不是各自作出决定。

Aid to individual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy...

对个别国家的援助会与其民主进程相挂钩。

...anonymous individuals who are doing good things within our community.

一些在我们社区内做好事却不留名的个人

...the rights and responsibilities of the individual...

个人的权利和责任

It was really all part of her very individual personality...

那其实都是她独特个性的表现。

The language is highly individual.

语言非常独特。

Products of individual labour are turned into commodities.

劳动产品转化为商品.

It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.

直到近来我们才发现,它们其实是众多独立的礁石, 大约有2900个独立的礁石系,组成了大堡礁.

He is an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.

他是个一切照章办事,缺乏想象力的人.

It's up to the government to uphold the rights of individual citizens.

政府有责任维护各个公民的权利.

The measurement of individual intelligence is very difficult.

每个人智商的测定是很难的.

用作定语～+ n.

1. Each individual house has its own yard.
   每栋房子都有各自的庭院。
2. Students can apply for individual tuition.
   学生可以申请个别指导。
3. She has her own individual style of doing things.
   她有自己独特的行事风格。
4. He has a very individual style of painting.
   他有一种非常独特的绘画风格。
5. The individual character of the teacher is not clear to me.
   那位老师的个性我不太清楚。

1. The purpose of the law is to protect the right of the individual.
   该法律目的是为了保护个人权利。
2. Do social pressures make it hard for us to become individuals?
   是社会压力使我们难以成为具有个性的人吗?
3. Johnson was plainly a canny individual.
   约翰逊显然是个狡猾的人物。

～+名词

• individual%20effort%E3%80%94contribution%E3%80%95">individual effort〔contribution〕个人努力〔贡献〕
• individual%20style">individual style独特风格
• individual%20way">individual way独特方式
• individual%20attention">individual attention个别注意

形容词+～

• individual">known individual知名人士
• individual">lawless individual无法无天的人
• individual">middle-aged individual中年人
• individual">private individual私人

介词+～

• individuals">a group of individuals一群人
• individual">a queer sort of individual怪人
• individual">a sort of individual一种人
• individuals">form of individuals由个人组成
• individual">rights of the individual个人的权利

• All powers delegated from the board to any individual servant of the company.

  出自：Burke

• So familiar with the spot that he knew..individual cows by their names.

  出自：T. Hardy

求职面试

individual

B：Are you a multi-taskedindividual？/ Do you work well under stress or pressure？
你是一位可以同时承担数项工作的人吗？/你能承受工作上的压力吗?

A：Yes, I think so.The trait is needed in my current/ previous position and I know I can handle it well.
是的。这种特点就是我目前/先前工作所需要的，我知道我能应付自如。

adj.(形容词)

1. individual用作形容词表示“单个的”,含有专门为某人准备的,有别于其他的含意,使之在群体之中很容易被区别开来。

n.(名词)

1. individual是相对于集体、家庭、社会而言的个人。

1. individual指得是“个体”，这里强调它是与“家庭”、“团体”、“社会”等整体相对的一个概念，要注意不可将其广泛用作“人”的意思。

adj.(形容词)

individual, characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

这四个词都可用来描述特有的或借以识别某人或某物的性质或特征。characteristic常强调所指性质的典型性,也可以表示这些性质使某一事物区别于其他的事物; individual强调能使事物区分开来的特性; peculiar有时可与individual换用,可以强调不寻常的特点,由于其含意较广,所以语意较弱; distinctive不像peculiar或individual那样强调个性化的特征,而是表示不寻常的,能借以辨别事物的特征,常指值得称颂的特征。

individual, personal, private

这三个词的共同意思是“私人的”。

1.private指“私立的,私有的,私人的”,与“公立的,公有的,公共的”相对。

2.personal指“本人的”“亲自的,人身的”,与“由他人代表的,不涉及个人的”相对立。

3.individual强调“个体的,个别的”,与“普遍的,集体的”相对立。

peculiar，characteristic，individual，distinctive

这些形容词均含“特有的、显示特征的”之意。

peculiar侧重指某人或某物本身与众不同；也可指种族、民族或性别有其无可争议的特点。

characteristic侧重指具有区别能力的，典型的或本质的特征。

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。

distinctive突出与众不同的或令人称赞的个性或特征。

personal，private，individual

这些形容词均含“个人的、私人的”之意。

personal指属于或关于某人或某些特定的人，以区别于其他人。

private指属于私人所有或具有私营性质，以区别于集体或公共的，有时含不公开的意味。

individual与集体的相对，指个别或个体的。

• ☆ 1600年左右进入英语，直接源自后期拉丁语的individualis；最初源自拉丁语的individuus：in (不） + dividuus (可分的），意为不可分的。