single out

英 [ˈsɪŋɡl aʊt]

美 [ˈsɪŋɡl aʊt]

单独挑出; 特别选出

牛津词典

• 以上各词均含选择、挑选人或物之义。
  These words all mean to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available.
• 指选择、选取人或物：
  to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available
  1. You choose─I can't decide.
     你来选吧，我拿不定主意。
• 指仔细选择、挑选：
  [often passive] to choose sb/sth, usually carefully, from a group of people or things
  1. He was selected for the team.
     他已入选进队了。
  2. a randomly selected sample of 23 schools
     随机抽选的23所学校
• 指选择、挑选：
  ( rather informal ) to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things
  1. She picked the best cake for herself.
     她为自己挑了一块最好的蛋糕。
• 指选择是否采取某种行动：
  to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action
  1. After graduating she opted for a career in music.
     毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
  2. After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
     经过反复考虑，我决定不买摩托车。
• 指选择某物：
  ( rather informal ) to choose sth
  1. I think I'll go for the fruit salad.
     我想要水果色拉。
• 指单独挑出：
  to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention
  1. She was singled out for criticism.
     单单她一个人受到了批评。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 单独挑出;特别选出
  If yousinglesomeoneoutfrom a group, you choose them and give them special attention or treatment.
  1. The gunman had singled Debilly out and waited for him...
     那名枪手瞄准了德比利，伺机而动。
  2. His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention...
     他的顶头上司特别提到了他。
  3. We wanted to single out the main threat to civilisation.
     我们想特别指出威胁文明的主要因素。

英英释义

verb

• select from a group
  1. She was singled out for her outstanding performance
• treat differently on the basis of sex or race
  Synonym:discriminateseparate

双语例句

• Why do you single out him for praise?
  你为什么单单表扬他呢？
• So there's no reason to single out milk as unhealthy.
  因此我们没有理由单独把牛奶挑出来说它对人体有害。
• So for me to single out an episode of love amongst this collective would be impossible.
  所以，对我来说，要从这集体中单独选取一个爱的片断出来是不可能的。
• He would not, however, single out countries where such transactions were particularly badly controlled.
  不过，他没有指明哪些国家这样的交易严重失控。
• I single out this forecast because it was one of the clearest and best-reasoned ones.
  我挑出这条预测，是因为它是表述最清晰、理由最充分的预测之一。
• Any business leader that you'd like to single out, give a copy of your book to?
  你想选出一位商业领袖，把你的书送给他吗？
• His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention
  他的顶头上司特别提到了他。
• Who would you single out as the most promising student of the year?
  你会选谁作年度最有潜力的学生呢？
• As we drove along, someone would single out to me a famous building, an important street, a park, a bridge that when built was thought to be a landmark.
  当我们驱车行驶的时候，有人指给我看那些建造时被曾认为是陆上的标志性建筑物：著名大楼、重要街道，公园和大桥。
• After the buy, and the price is up, so why single out?
  下买单之后，价位还在涨，何必出单？