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

• Which would you single out as the best?
  你觉得哪一个最好？
• Now I single out this object& here it is* object number two.
  我把它们分开单独考虑的话-，这是物体二。
• 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？
• From the wealth of guidance in that report, let me single out one clear way to reduce waste.
  该报告提供了大量指导。我想讲一讲其中提出的一项减少浪费的直截了当的办法。
• I really don't see why our manager should single out Xiao Wang for praise since we have all worked so hard this year.
  我们今年工作得都这么努力，我真不明白我们的经理为什么单单表扬了小王一个人。
• 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。
• The letter did not single out any particular countries or banks.
  该信函未具体指明针对哪些国家或银行。
• Why do you single out him for praise?
  你为什么单单表扬他呢？
• This would mean failure to single out the principal enemy and waste of ammunition.
  这个叫做不会择敌和浪费弹药。
• Don't single out the overweight members of your family for lifestyle changes.
  不要仅仅让你家庭成员中超重的成员改变生活方式。