单词：singling
音标：[ˈsiŋɡlɪŋ] ；
v. 挑选( single的现在分词 )
p. pr. & vb. n. of Single
词型变化：名词复数形式 : singlings
single的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- The letter was written on a single sheet of paper.这封信只用一张纸写成。
- I'd like to have a single room, preferably, facing south.我想要一个套间,最好是朝南的。
- Every single child will receive a gift.每一个孩子都会收到一份礼物
- Freshwater is the single most precious element for life on earth.淡水对地球上的生命来说是最宝贵的一个要素。
- He can't stay single for a long time.他不会长时间保持单身的。
- A single room with a bath, if possible.如果可能，要一间带浴室的单人房。
- I need a single ticket to Paris tonight.我要一张今晚去巴黎的单程车票。
用作名词(n.)
- There are two second-class singles to Leeds.有两张到利兹的二等的单程票.
- His first single topped the charts for six weeks.他的第一首单曲连续上榜六周并且名列前茅。
- I'm sorry. Mr. Smith, your request arrived too late to reserve a single.对不起，史密斯先生，您的订房要求来得太迟，单人房已经定完了。
- They organize parties for singles.他们为单身者组织聚会。
- I'd like to break this ten dollar bill into ten singles.我要把这张10元钞票换成10张。
用作动词(v.)
- The teacher was reluctant to single out individual students for praise or blame.老师不愿挑出个别学生来给予表扬或者指责。
常见句型
用作名词(n.)
- They quoted 756 dollars for the single New York—London fare.他们对纽约到伦敦的单程机票开价是756美元。
- Two-second class singles to Leeds, please.请来两张到利兹的二等车厢单程票。
- He bore off the first prize in the men's singles.他获得男子单打冠军。
- The men's singles at Beijing last year were exciting.去年北京网球锦标赛男子单打打得真精彩。
- One ￡5 note and the other ￡5 in singles, please.请给我一张5英镑和五张一英镑的钞票。
- Evenings bring couples and singles for concert.夜晚引得成双成对和单身的男女去听音乐会。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语～+ n.- They desired their single son to become a pilot.他们想让他们的独生子当飞行员。
- The single child of a couple enjoys free medical care.独生子女享受公费医疗。
- She had screamed for half an hour and not a single person had come to her aid.她呼叫了半个小时,但没有一个人来帮助她。
- The president has not appointed a single black judge to the south.总统从未向南方委派过一个黑人法官。
- Hardly a single house was to be seen.几乎连一栋房子也见不到。
- Jane is coming to stay with us.Have we another single bed?简要来跟我们同住,还有单人床吗?
- A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火,可以燎原。
- Completely cured.Not a single spot on them.瞧!完全恢复了,在他们身上没有一点儿疤痕。
- The new furniture cost us every single penny we had.新家具花了我们所有的钱。
- There wasn't a single person on the beach.海滩上一个人影都没有。
- His single aim was to make money.他唯一的目标是赚钱。
- Papa would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.爸爸不允许浪费一滴水。
- You'd be surprised at the amount that boy can pack away in a single day.这个男孩子一天的饭量会叫你大吃一惊的。
- They covered 120 miles in a single night.他们仅一夜就走了120英里路。
- We can't afford wasting a single minute.我们连一分钟也不能浪费。
- Not a single one is omitted.没有一个人被遗漏。
- We have lumped all the advanced students into a single class.我们已把所有程度高的学生编成了一个班。
- Actors have to learn their lines by heart; they mustn't get a single word wrong.演员必须把他们的台词记熟,不得出一点差错。
- The single man was tired of instant noodles and ate out for a change.这个单身汉吃腻了方便面,于是下馆子换换口味。
- We could not understand why he went to so much trouble for a single nut.我们不理解为什么为了一颗螺帽他会费这么大事。
- Not a single boy in the class could get the problem out.班上没有一个学生解得出这道题。
- Not a single of speck cloud is to be seen.一朵云也看不见。
- Misfortunes never come single.祸不单行。
- Some roses are double; others are single.有些玫瑰是双瓣的,有些是单瓣的。
- Are you married or single?你是已婚还是单身?
- I wonder why he remains single.我纳闷为什么他不结婚。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
single out (v.+adv.)- 挑出 select from others for special attention, etc.single sb/sth ⇔ out
They were all to blame, why single him out for punishment?
他们全都应该受到责备,为什么单单挑出他来受惩罚?
Why have you singled this out for criticism?
你为什么单挑这件事批评?
He singled out in human nature the ugly elements to mock at.
他挑选了人性中的丑恶成分来加以嘲讽。
Three other people were singled out for special praise.
另外三人被挑选出来给予特别表扬。
He was singled out to succeed his uncle.
他被选出来继承他叔叔的产业。
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词- single appropriately合适地挑选
- single arbitrarily任意地挑选
- single critically挑剔地挑选
- single definitely肯定地挑选
- single deliberately深思熟虑地挑选
- single discreetly慎重地挑选
- single dispassionately不带偏见地选出
- single emotionally情绪激动地挑选
- single fastidiously过分讲究地挑选
- single finally最后地挑选
- single impudently厚颜无耻地选出
- single inevitably不可避免地挑选
- single injudiciously不明智地挑选
- single instinctively本能地挑选
- single invariably不变地挑选
- single irrelevantly不相关地挑选
- single logically按逻辑推理地挑选
- single mistakenly错误地挑选
- single morally道义地挑选
- single nonsensically无意义地挑选
- single precisely精确地挑选
- single promiscuously不加区分地挑选
- single prudently慎重地挑选
- single resolutely果断地挑选
- single righteously正直地挑选
- single ruthlessly无情地选出
- single scrupulously认真地挑选
- single sensibly合理地挑选
- single shrewdly明智地挑选
- single speedily快速地挑选
- single sympathetically同情地挑选
- single tactfully机敏地挑选
- single tastefully趣味高雅地挑选
- single ultimately最后地挑选
- single unaccountably不可理解地挑选
- single unanimously一致挑选
- single universally筛选
- single out挑出
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词- single agent独家代理商
- single bed单人床
- single cause唯一原因
- single heir唯一继承人
- single person唯一的人
- single reason唯一理由
- single right of sell独家经销权力
- single room单人房间
经典引文
'Refer to me as a bachelorette.' 'I think the term is swinging single now.'
出自：M. GordonShe lived in a condominium complex for singles.
出自：D. LeavittBehold her, single in the field, yon solitary Highland lass.
出自：WordsworthShe was quite single and by herself, deriving from nobody.
出自：D. H. LawrenceHis early sheep knowledge came back to him as he began to single out the ewe.
出自：N. M. GunnWhen I talk to a group of people I always have to single one out and talk to him.
出自：S. Plath
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