喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/rɪˈspektɪv/各自的

    正式Used before a plural noun to show that each person or thing has their own separate one of something.

    示範例句 · Example

    After the party, everyone went back to their respective homes.

    逐字派對之後，每個人都回到他們各自的家。

    「respective」放在複數名詞前面，用來說「每個人配到自己那一份」。可以想成一群人各自帶著屬於自己的東西回去，例如 their respective homes（各自的家）——大家的家不一樣，各回各的。它一定放在名詞前，而且後面名詞多半是複數。

    常見搭配

    • their respective homes

      各自的家

      the different home that belongs to each person

      The cousins said goodbye and returned to their respective homes.

    • their respective roles

      各自的角色

      the different job or part that each person has

      The players understood their respective roles on the team.

    • respective fields

      各自的領域

      the different area of work or study each person is in

      The experts are leaders in their respective fields.

    意思相反

    sharedcommonjoint

core核心畫面

Picture several people leaving a meeting, each one walking back to a different desk. The word does the job of pairing them up one by one — it tells the reader that everyone here has their own separate one, not a shared one.

可以想成：會議結束，好幾個人各自走回不同的座位。這個字的工作就是把人和東西一對一配起來，告訴讀者「每個人有自己的那一份」，不是大家共用一份。

同家族的字

意思相反

sharedcommonjoint

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

respectiveadj/ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/

  • 1

    Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.

    • They returned to their respective places of abode.
    • Adam and Novikovas swapped long-range efforts, neither of which troubled the respective keepers.
  • 2

    obsoleteNoticing with attention; careful; wary.

    • c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin But if you looke upon the estate of the church of England with a respective eye , you cannot with a good conscience refuse this charge imposed upon you
  • 3

    obsoleteLooking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.

    • the respective connections of society
  • 4

    obsoleteFitted to awaken respect.

    • What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,
  • 5

    obsoleteRendering respect; respectful; regardful.

    • With a respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
    • a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young With thy equals familiar, yet respective.

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