individual英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

— He is an unusual individual.
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

— Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.

— It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals.
An element belonging to a population.

形容词 adj.

Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

— Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

— individual personal pension
Not divisible without losing its identity.

— Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable

词形变化

individuals plural individuall alternative,obsolete more individual comparative most individual superlative individuall alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

bioindividual extraindividual individualise individualism individualistic individual item picking individuality individualization individualize individually individual medley individualness individual psychology individual pursuit individual sport individual time trial individual voluntary arrangement induhvidual interindividual intraindividual nonindividual subindividual superindividual supraindividual transindividual unindividual

词源

词源 1

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

词源 2

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”).