- [only before noun] (often used after each常用于 each 之后) considered separately rather than as part of a group单独的;个别的
- 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方案发表评论。
- Farmers each have their own individual concerns about the changes.农民对这些变化各有各的担忧。
- The individual members of the team must all be motivated to contribute.团队的每个成员都必须有动力做出贡献。
- [only before noun] connected with one person; designed for one person一个人的;供一人用的
- respect for individual freedom对个人自由的尊重
- The bill addresses an issue of individual liberty.该法案解决了个人自由的问题。
- A democracy must protect individual rights.民主必须保护个人权利。
- an individual pizza供一人食用的比萨饼
Extra Examples- Cooperatives offer both individual and collective benefits.合作社既提供个人利益,也提供集体利益。
- The staff team is experienced in meeting the individual needs of each pupil.工作人员团队在满足每个学生的个人需求方面很有经验。
- These quantities will make one family-size or four individual shepherd's pies.这些数量可以做成一个家庭大小或四个单独的牧羊人馅饼。
- Try to measure in individual portions how much people will eat.根据每个人的食量,尽量估算出大伙儿要吃多少。
- (usually approving) typical of one particular person or thing in a way that is different from others独特的;与众不同的 synonym distinctive
- a highly individual style of dress十分有个性的衣着风格
Extra Examples- He brought no great sense of individual character to the music.他没有给音乐带来强烈的个性。
- She was a dancer with a highly individual personality.她是一位极具个性的舞蹈家。
- The place has a strongly individual atmosphere.这个地方有强烈的个人氛围。
- They have the same brand of comedy but two completely individual styles.他们有相同的喜剧品牌,但有两种完全不同的风格。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘indivisible’): from medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus, from in- ‘not’ + dividuus ‘divisible’ (from dividere ‘to divide’).