specialize
verb[I]
(UKusuallyspecialise)uk/ˈspeʃ.əl.aɪz/us/ˈspeʃ.ə.laɪz/specializeverb[I](SPECIAL SKILL, PRODUCT, ETC.)
B2
tostudyorworkon aparticularsubjectorskillmore than anyothers, so that youbecomeanexpertin it:
Shehiredalawyerwho specializesindivorcecases.她请了个专打离婚官司的律师。
Ienjoyworkingingeneralmedicine, but Ihopeto beableto specialize in thefuture.我现在觉得做全科医生挺好,不过希望将来可以专攻某一科。
toofferaparticularproductorservicemore than any other, usually so that you have a goodreputationfor thisproductorservice:
arestaurantthat specializesinseafood专营海鲜的餐馆
to do something very often, so that you areknownfor doing it:
Theirhomefansspecializeinpersonaltauntsthat oftencrossthelineintoabuse.
- Thesenursesspecialize in thecareof thedying.
- Somepeoplearguethat 18-year-olds are tooyoungto specialize, and that such anarroweducationalscopepreventsthem fromexploringdiversefieldsattheirownpace.
- Considerseeingacounsellorwho specializes in stepfamilyrelationships.
- USmarshalsspecialize infindingfugitivesandescapees.
- Thecompanyspecializes incustomizedcomputersystems.
- Thisstorespecializes in natural-fibrewallpapersinspiredbykimonosandwoodblockpaintings.
- She specializes inhistoricalnovelsset in 18th-centuryEngland.
- He specializes inbreedinglargedogssuch asIrishwolfhounds.
Learning & knowing
- absorptive capacity
- academy
- acquire
- acquisition
- assimilate
- autodidact
- extension
- familiar
- journey
- non-academic
- non-library
- onboard
- onboarding
- outlearn
- sit
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unlearnable
- unteachable
- upskill
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Habitual behaviour
specializeverb[I](IN BIOLOGY)
biologyspecialized
tochangeordevelopinordertosuitaparticularenvironmentorsituation, or toperformaparticularfunction:
Embryonicstemcellsbeginto specialize andmovethrough thebodytodeveloporganssuch as theheart,bonesandskin.
Someinsectsaregeneralpollinators, andothersspecialize.
See also
specialized
- Tokeepstemcellsfrom specializingrequiresacarefullycontrolledlabenvironment.
- Theprecursorcellsareabletoproliferate(continuetoreplicate) and specialize into differentfunctions.
- Adultcellshave a morelimitedabilityto specialize thanembryoniccells.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- biotech
- bipolar
- diploid
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- histography
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- meiosis
- prophase
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron
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