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IELTS BNC: 569 COCA: 632

single

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sin·gle1 /ˈsɪŋɡəl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj
1  one 一（個） [only before noun]ONLY only one 單一的，唯一的，僅一個的
A single tree gave shade from the sun.
唯有一棵樹遮陰。
They won the game by a single point.
他們僅以一分的優勢赢得比賽。
the highest price ever paid for a single work of art
爲單件藝術品所支付的最高價格
a single-sex school (=one for only boys or girls)
單一性别的學校
2  every single used to emphasize that you are talking about every person or thing 每一個〔用於強調〕
Don’t write down every single word I say.
不必把我說的每一個字都寫下來。
He works every single day.
他每天都工作。
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every single• And the fabulous Brecon Beacons National Park flows past every single carriage window.• Everyone in Calcutta knows that I am willing to take every single child.• In the eternal struggle against administrative incompetence, we need it every single day.• We want an accounting of every single dollar.• She was there every single night, a formidable figure in her long, black skirt, cardigan and black straw hat.• When he came to reclaim them, every single one had been lost or sold.• The whole of that crab, every single pincer and leg, however long, had been excised with the knife.
3  not a single no people or things at all 一個也沒有
The plane was brought down safely and not a single passenger was killed.
飛機安全降落，沒有一名乘客喪生。
We didn’t get a single reply to the advertisement.
這個廣告我們連一個回應也沒有收到。
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not a single• There's not a single burger on the menu.• In this light, a novel is not a single discourse, but a complex of many discourses.• There was not a single light on in the house.• The truth is that not a single one of the official groups organising protests is planning violent action.• There was not a single person in sight.• Not one, my dear, not a single solitary one.• I know of not a single surgeon who ever expressed any regret over these women or apologized to one of them.• By the hunting season in the following year, not a single survivor of the last group could be found.• Perhaps not a single transcript of his testimony goes unmarked by sarcasm, impatience, or outburst.
4  the single biggest/greatest etc used to emphasize that you are talking about the one thing that is the biggest, greatest etc 最大的/最偉大的等
Cigarette smoking is the single most important cause of lung cancer.
抽煙是導致肺癌的最重要原因。
Tourism is the country’s single biggest earner.
旅遊業是這個國家最大的收入來源。
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the single biggest/greatest etc• For the single greatest cultural movement of the twentieth century is the rise and global hegemony of black music.• The survey showed that consumer concern about the economy was the single biggest factor affecting the building business in 1993.• Drug overdoses have become the single biggest killer among the city's young people.• It was the single greatest revelation of his religious life.• It represented the single biggest step towards the creation of the international air agreements of today.• This is the single biggest thing we could do to reduce costs.
5  not married 未婚的 not married, or not involved in a romantic relationship with anyone 未婚的，單身的；沒有男[女]朋友的，沒有情侶關系的
The changes in tax rates will benefit single people the most.
稅率改變的最大獲益者是單身人士。
Is he single?
他是單身嗎？
► see thesaurus at married
6  single bed/room etc DHa bed, room etc that is meant to be used by one person only 單人床/單人房間等
You have to pay extra for a single room.
你要單人房就必須加錢。
→ double1(4)
Examples from the Corpus
single bed/room etc• Additional night, single room and upgrade prices are available.• Lounge / dining / kitchen areas with seating which converts to a double or two single beds are required.• One of the important things to take into account when designing single bed Fair Isle patterns is the length of the floats.• His own family-seven strong-live in a single room in the house.• A single room supplement of £8 per person per night applies at hotels indicated.• Supplements per person per night: No single room supplement.• Supplements per person per night: No supplement in single rooms without private facilities.
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7. ticket 票 British EnglishBrETT a single ticket etc is for a trip from one place to another but not back again 單程的 SYN one-way, → return, round-trip
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single• Jeff is 38 years old and still single.• How does it feel to be single again?• However, the biggest single barrier remains the memory limitation inherent in chip storage.• A single bug may catch ten or more termites in succession in this way.• In 1990 the Gift Aid Scheme allows tax relief on single cash gifts to charities.• Top with a spoonful of Creme fraiche or single cream and some whole mint leaves.• But Schweiker did not add a single delegate.• Forbes wanted to simplify filing taxes by narrowing the current five rates to a single flat rate.• a single-lane bridge• Please fill in the section on the form that asks if you're single, married or divorced.• And some will just have a single mention of the term you are searching for.• I'm a single mother, so I don't have much money.• The first four acts of Don Juan Tenorio take place in a single night.• Many of the children at the school come from single parent families.• The Cubs won the game by a single point.• We hope to establish a single safety standard for all airlines.• Carla wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.• These trees can grow over a foot in a single summer.• At my age it's difficult to meet single women.
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single2 ●●○ noun [countableC]
1  music 音樂TCR a CD that has only one song on it, not a number of songs, or a song which is sold in this way 單曲唱片；單曲唱片的歌曲 → album
Have you heard their latest single?
你聽過他們最新的單曲唱片沒有？
2  sport 體育運動
a) DSCone run2 in a game of cricket 〔板球的〕一分打
b) DSBa hit that allows the person who is hitting the ball to reach first base in a game of baseball 〔棒球的〕一壘打
3  TENNIS 網球singles [uncountableU]DL a game, especially in tennis, in which one person plays on their own against another person 〔尤指網球的〕單打比賽
I prefer playing singles.
我喜歡單打。
Who won the women’s singles?
女子單打誰赢了？
→ doubles at double2(3)
Examples from the Corpus
playing singles• My mind was the furthest away it could be to playing singles, so I pulled out of a couple of tournaments.
4  NOT MARRIED 未婚的singles [plural] people who are not married and are not involved in a romantic relationship with anyone 單身者，無伴侶者
The show is especially popular among young singles.
這個節目尤其受年輕單身者的歡迎。
a singles night at the club
在俱樂部舉行的單身之夜
5  ticket 票 British EnglishBrETT a ticket for a trip from one place to another but not back again 單程票 SYN American English one-way ticket → return
A single to Oxford, please.
請給我一張到牛津的單程票。
6  money 錢 American EnglishAmEPEC a piece of paper money worth one dollar 一美元紙幣
Anybody have five singles?
誰有五張一美元紙幣？
7  room 房間 a room in a hotel for just one person 〔賓館的〕單人房間 → double
I’m afraid we haven’t got any singles available.
恐怕我們已經沒有單人房間了。
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single• the Top 40 singles chart• Or how many divorced singles live there.• Does anybody have five singles?• The category of singles includes people in various stages of life.• The average cost of recording a pop single was in thousands rather than hundreds of pounds.• In the men's singles, Hunter proceeded to the final without conceding a set and ended wildcard entry.• She began playing tennis at age 4, and has 21 Grand Slams singles titles to her credit.• The possibility of commercial suicide aside, the single was to become the perfect deflecting plate for the new album.
single3 verb
1 single somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v CHOOSEto choose one person or thing from among a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others 挑出，選出〔一人或物〕
for
I don’t see why he should be singled out for special treatment.
我不懂爲什麽單單要給他一個人特殊待遇。
as
One programme was singled out as being particularly good.
有一個節目被選爲特别精彩。
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single out• It all seemed to happen in a single night.• Yes, zero tolerance does single people out, and more often than not, those people are black rather than white.• Both processes are going on in the two locales, sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously.• A very limited edition single was put out by Red Rhino, to promote the album it was actually unable to release.• There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.• The high - tech promise is that soon there won't be a single place out of touch.• Take off the cover and a single skilfully laid out, screened ground plane, printed circuit board is revealed.
single for• There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
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single• They single out an old, young, or infirm animal and only then start the chase.• The mobile phone is then instructed to single out and decipher only the conversation with the right code.• He didn't single out anyone by name.• In singling out gay men, the offence bears the hallmarks of homophobic prejudice, and belongs to the less tolerant era.• By singling out the black population for a special history month makes all other races feel slighted.• Frequently we abstract from this covenant by singling out the Ten Commandments and ignoring much of the remainder of the Mosaic code.• I will single out two of them.• Rodriguez singled to left field.
From Longman Business Dictionary
singlesin·gle /ˈsɪŋgəl/ noun [countableC] British EnglishBrETRAVEL
a ticket for a journey from one place to another but not back again
A single to Oxford, please.
→ compare return2
Origin single1
(1200-1300) Old French Latin singulus
sin·gle1 adjectiveadjsingle2 nounsingle3 verb
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IELTS BNC: 569 COCA: 632
single

noun¹

 1CD, tape, etc.唱片；磁帶ADJECTIVE | VERB + SINGLE | SINGLE + VERB | SINGLES + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤best-selling, hit, smash暢銷／熱門／走紅單曲➤number-one, top-ten排行榜第一名的／前十名的單曲▸➤debut, first首支單曲；首張單曲唱片➤lead, lead-off (NAmE) 主打單曲◇'Breathe' is the lead-off single from the album.《呼吸》是這張專輯裏的主打單曲。➤breakthrough成名單曲◇Following the success of their breakthrough single, a follow-up is planned.在那支大獲成功的成名單曲之後，他們正計劃推出另一支單曲。➤comeback (especially BrE) 再度流行的單曲◇the classic comeback single from Take That接招樂隊再度流行的經典單曲➤current, latest, new新發行的單曲唱片；最新單曲唱片➤dance, pop舞曲單曲；流行單曲➤catchy (informal) 容易上口的單曲◇Her catchy first single was a hit.她的首支單曲朗朗上口，極為風靡。VERB + SINGLE➤play播放單曲唱片◇The radio stations play her new single several times a day.每天電台多次播放她新發行的單曲。➤record錄製單曲◇The band has yet to record a hit single.該樂隊至今還沒有錄製出一支走紅的單曲。➤produce製作單曲唱片▸➤put out, release (sth as)發行單曲唱片；把（⋯）作為單曲發行◇They put out a single in time for Christmas.他們趕在聖誕節前推出了一張單曲唱片。◇The band later released this album track as a single.該樂隊後來把專輯中的歌曲作為單曲發行。➤feature, include以單曲為主打歌；包括單曲◇Her new album features her single 'Georgia Rain'.她的新專輯以她的單曲《喬治婭・雷恩》為主打歌。SINGLE + VERB➤come out單曲唱片發行SINGLES + NOUN➤singles chart單曲唱片排行榜◇number one in the singles chart單曲唱片排行榜榜首唱片➤singles collection, singles compilation單曲集◇a 19-track singles collection一張 19 首歌的單曲集PHRASES➤single by由⋯演唱的單曲◇It was voted the best single by a solo artist.這張唱片被投票評選為最佳個人單曲唱片。➤single from來自⋯的單曲◇the new single from the band樂隊的新單曲
single

noun²

 2singles in tennis網球ADJECTIVE | VERB + SINGLES | SINGLES + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤junior, men's, women's青少年／男子／女子單打VERB + SINGLES➤play打單打◇I prefer playing singles to doubles.和雙打比起來我更喜歡單打。➤win贏得單打比賽◇She won the junior singles.她贏得了青少年單打比賽。SINGLES + NOUN➤championship, final, match, tournament單打錦標賽；單打決賽；單打比賽▸➤champion, player單打冠軍／選手▸➤title單打冠軍PHRASES➤in the single在單打比賽中◇She decided not to play in the singles.她決定不參加單打比賽。
single

noun³

 3 (BrE) ticket票VERB + SINGLE | PREPOSITION VERB + SINGLE➤buy, get買單程票；買到單程票◇I got a single to Birmingham.我買了一張去伯明翰的單程票。PREPOSITION➤single to去⋯的單程票◇A single to Stratford, please.請給我一張去斯特拉特福的單程票。
IELTS BNC: 569 COCA: 632
single adj.
⇨ single (single people/parents) ⇨ particular (the single most important factor) single

adjective

single ♦︎ divorced ♦︎ unmarried ♦︎ lone ♦︎ estranged ♦︎ widowed ♦︎ separatedThese words all describe people who are not married or not having a romantic relationship with sb. 這些詞均表示單身的、無配偶的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be divorced / estranged / separated from sb◆a single / a divorced / an unmarried / a lone / a widowed / a separated man / woman / parent / mother / father◆a divorced / an unmarried / a separated couple■ single not married; not having a romantic relationship with sb 單身的；未婚的；無伴侶的◆The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.這些公寓供單身者獨自居住最爲理想。◆Are you still single?你還是單身嗎？ⓘ A single parent/mother/father is a person who looks after their child or children without a husband, wife or partner. * single parent/mother/father指單親母親或單親父親◆Marriage breakdown is common and there are a large number of single-parent families.婚姻破裂現象很普遍，因此出現了許多單親家庭。 ■ divorced no longer married because the marriage has been legally ended 離婚的；離異的◆Many divorced people remarry and have second families.許多離婚的人再婚組成新的家庭。◆My parents are divorced.我的父母離婚了。◆Are they going to get divorced?他們打算離婚嗎？   see also divorce , get divorced ⇨ divorce ■ unmarried not married 未婚的；獨身的◆He remained unmarried all his life.他終身未娶。◆Unmarried couples do not have the same rights as married couples.未婚伴侶享受不到與已婚伴侶同等的權利。OPP married ⇨ marry ■ lone [only before noun] (especially BrE, rather formal, especially written) without a husband, wife or partner to share the care of children 單親的◆Nine out of ten lone parents are women.十個單親家長有九個是女性。◆Lone fathers tend to be older than lone mothers.單親父親往往比單親母親歲數大。ⓘ Lone is not often used in normal spoken English, but it is common in journalism and in official reports. 在一般的口語中lone並不常用，但在新聞和官方報告中卻很常見。■ estranged ɪˈstreɪndʒd (formal) no longer living with your husband or wife （夫妻）分居的◆He is being questioned in connection with the death of his estranged wife.他因分居妻子的死亡而正受訊問。◆She has been estranged from her husband since 1999.自1999年起她就與丈夫分居了。   see also estrangement ⇨ division 2 ■ widowed ˈwɪdəʊd; NAmE ˈwɪdoʊdif sb is widowed, their husband or wife has died 喪偶的；成爲寡婦（或鳏夫）的◆She was widowed by the time she was 35.她35歲時就守了寡。◆She spent twenty years looking after her widowed father.她照料鳏居的父親長達二十年。■ separated [not usually before noun] no longer living with your husband, wife or partner （和某人）分居◆Her parents are separated but not divorced.她父母分居但沒離婚。◆He's separated from his wife.他和妻子分居了。   see also separate ⇨ divorce NOTE 辨析 Estranged or separated?An estranged couple are married but no longer live together or have any sort of relationship or communication. A separated couple no longer live together but may still communicate, for example to organize the care of children. Separated can also refer to a couple who were not married but used to live together. * estranged指已婚夫妻不再共同生活，也不再保持任何聯系或來往；separated指夫妻不再共同生活，但可能仍保持聯系，例如安排照管孩子。separated也可指未婚同居後分手。
IELTS BNC: 569 COCA: 632

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