(verb.) decide upon or fix definitely; 'fix the variables'; 'specify the parameters'.
(verb.) be specific about; 'Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?'.
(verb.) determine the essential quality of.
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双语例句
There are ways---- But she did not go on to specify them. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
I will specify one difficult case. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
It is impossible for me here to enter on details, but I may specify a few of the points of difference. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Caleb was too delicate, to specify Mr. Featherstone. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
This is all a matter of the nerves, I see: but just specify the vision. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
They persisted in withdrawing for the specified time. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Suppose we wish to measure the strength of the electric light bulbs in our homes, in order to see whether we are getting the specified illumination. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
Except in certain specified instances the league of this Covenant could make only unanimous decisions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Several other less distinct breeds might be specified. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Specified facts and qualities constitute the elements of the problem to be dealt with, and it is through our sense organs that they are specified. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm License as specified in paragraph 1. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
But we must remember that the object is only a mark or sign by which the mind specifies the activity one desires to carry out. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
He specifies the arrangement of the cells in the tissues, and of the leaves on the axis, as cases in which natural selection could not have acted. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.