英语词汇一方面由拉丁语即古语言来，一方面由内在构成，part，particular
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
particular (
adjective)
1.
of, relating to, or being a single person or thing - the particular person I had in mind
2.
obsolete - partial
3.
of, relating to, or concerned with details - gave us a very particular account of the trip
4.
a) distinctive among other examples or cases of the same general category notably unusual - suffered from measles of particular severity
b) being one unit or element among others - particular incidents in a story
5.
a) denoting an individual member or subclass in logic
b) affirming or denying a predicate to a part of the subject - used of a proposition in logic “some men are wise” is a particular affirmative
6.
a) concerned over or attentive to details - meticulous a very particular gardener
b) nice in taste - fastidious
c) hard to please - exacting circumstantial, special
(
noun)
1.
archaic a separate part of a whole
2.
a) an individual fact, point, circumstance, or detail - a hero in every particular Ron Fimrite
b) a specific item or detail of information - usually used in plural wanted to know all the particulars of the incident bill of particulars
3.
a) an individual or a specific subclass (as in logic) falling under some general concept or term
b) a particular proposition in logic item
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
particular (
adjective)
1.
hard to please
SYNONYMS:
choosy ( choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety, persnickety, picky
RELATED WORDS:
hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling ( cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy ( queazy), squeamish; peevish, petulant, prickly, touchy; niminy-piminy, prim, prissy
NEAR ANTONYMS:
affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed; flexible, lax, loose; lenient, permissive; uncritical; indiscriminating, undiscriminating
(
adjective)
2.
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
SYNONYMS:
idiomatic, individualized, particular, patented, peculiar, personal, personalized, private, privy, separate, singular, subjective, unique
RELATED WORDS:
characteristic, distinctive, intimate; identifying, idiosyncratic; especial, express, special, specific; independent, nonconformist, self-directed, self-sufficient; custom, customized, specialized
NEAR ANTONYMS:
broad, prevailing, prevalent, widespread; common, normal, regular, typical
(
adjective)
3.
tending to select carefully
SYNONYMS:
choosy ( choosey), particular, picky
RELATED WORDS:
nice; fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy; discerning, discriminating, judicious
NEAR ANTONYMS:
indiscriminate, indiscriminating
(
adjective)
4.
including many small descriptive features
SYNONYMS:
blow-by-blow, circumstantial, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough
RELATED WORDS:
enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed, numerated; delineated, specific, specified; abundant, copious; comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhausting, exhaustive, inclusionary, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thoroughgoing; accurate, correct, exact, precise; complete, entire, replete; distinct, explicit, sharp; mapped (out); descriptive, graphic ( graphical), picturesque, vivid
NEAR ANTONYMS:
brief, compact, concise, crisp, pithy, short, succinct, terse; abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed; ambiguous, indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague; bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified
(
noun)
1.
a separate part in a list, account, or series
SYNONYMS:
detail, particular, point
RELATED WORDS:
article, belonging, object, stuff, thing; characteristic, component, constituent, element, factor, feature, member; ingredient; division, particle, partition, piece, portion, section, segment
NEAR ANTONYMS:
aggregate, composite, compound, conglomerate; entirety, sum, summation, total, totality, whole
(
noun)
2.
a single piece of information
SYNONYMS:
datum, detail, nicety, particular, particularity, point, specific
RELATED WORDS:
article, item; component, constituent, element, ingredient, member, part; aspect, circumstance, facet, factor; evidence, exhibit; database, information, knowledge
NEAR ANTONYMS:
error, fallacy, falsehood, inaccuracy, misconception, misstatement, myth
