par‧tic‧u‧lar 1 S1 W1 / pətɪkjələ, pətɪkjʊlə $ pərtɪkjələr / 形容词

1 [仅用于名词前] a particular thing or person is the one that you are talking about, and not any other → certain , specific :

In this particular case, no one else was involved.

Most students choose one particular area for research.

a particular type of food

2 special or great :

You should pay particular attention to spelling.

For no particular reason , he quit the job.

of particular interest/concern/importance etc

Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.

anything/nothing/something particular

I had nothing particular planned.

3 very careful about choosing exactly what you like and not easily satisfied 同义词 fussy

particular about

Marty’s very particular about his food.