individual

英[?nd?'v?dj?(?)l] 美[,?nd?'v?d?u?l]

復數(shù):?individuals;

individual 個人，個體

in-,不，非，divide,分開，分割。即不可分割的，原指耶穌的圣父，圣靈，圣子三位一體不可分開，后用來指單個的人，個人，個體。

individual: individual: [15] To begin with, individual retained in English its ancestral meaning ‘not able to be divided’: ‘in the name of the holy and individual Trinity’. Richard Whitbourne, Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland 1623. It was borrowed from medieval Latin indīviduālis, a derivative of Latin indīviduus ‘not divisible’, which in turn was based on dīviduus, a derivative of the verb dīvidere ‘divide’. The semantic move from ‘not divisible’ to ‘single, separate’ took place in the 17th century. (English acquired the formally parallel indivisible, incidentally, in the 14th century.)
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individual (adj.): early 15c., "one and indivisible" (with reference to the Trinity), from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus "indivisible," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + dividuus "divisible," from dividere "divide" (see divide). Not common before c. 1600 and the 15c. usage might be isolated. Sense of "single, separate" is 1610s; meaning "intended for one person" is from 1889.
individual (n.): "single object or thing," c. 1600, from individual (adj.). Colloquial sense of "person" is attested from 1742. Latin individuum meant "an atom, indivisible particle;" in Middle English individuum was used in sense of "individual member of a species" from early 15c.

1. Tourism is up, jobs are up, individual income is up.: 旅游火了，工作機會多了，個人收入漲了。

3. Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.: 針對他們各人不同的需要挑選柔軟、軟硬適中或者堅硬的床墊。

4. Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.: 這樣的地產(chǎn)是否可獲得大筆收益還要視具體情形而定。

5. Social science is a collective name, covering a series of individual sciences.: 社會科學是一個統(tǒng)稱，涵蓋一系列的獨立學科。