托福每日一词：individual
对于托福词汇部分，大家不仅仅要做到量的积累，同时还要对一些重点词汇，进行重点复习，了解词汇的常考释义，知道词汇的用法并且也要进行拓展练习。这样才能够全方位分的攻克一个重点单词。因此下面小编为大家整理了详细的内容，供大家参考。
来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
individual
常考释义
1. adj. 个人的
relating to one person rather than a group
例：The government has to do everything in order to protect private property and individual freedom.
政府应当尽一切努力保护私人财产和个人自由。
2. adj. 单独的
existing or considered separately from other people or things
例：Individual members of the cast contributed greatly to the show’s success. (Macmillan English Dictionary 2nd Edition) 每位演员都为这场表演的成功做出了贡献。
3. n. 个体
a person considered separately from their society or community
例： We believe in the freedom of the individual. (Macmillan English Dictionary 2nd Edition)
我们相信个人的自由。
音频中例句
The United States’ citizens were less secure about themselves as individuals and as American.
美国公民不那么确信自己是拥有美国国籍的一个个个体。
match individual needs
满足个人的需求
individual employees
一个个职员
individual machines
一个个机器
练习
判断下列句子中individual的意思：
1. It was designed for use in Kinetoscope parlors, or arcades, which contained only a few individual machines and permitted only one customer to view a short, 50-foot film at any one time.
2. Choose a savings account to match your individual needs.
(Macmillan English Dictionary 2nd Edition)
3. Sometimes these creative solutions come about because a group is more likely to make risky decisions that an individual might not undertake.
(注： 练习答案下拉至底部可见)
拓展
【辨析】和individual相比，personal一般只针对人，不针对事物，表示“私人的、亲身的、个人的”，有一些固定的搭配，比如说personal experience个人经历，personal opinion个人观点，personal trainer私人教练，等等。
练习答案
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