specifically

1. ADV You use specifically to emphasize that something is given special attention and considered separately from other things of the same kind. 專門地[ADV with v] [強調(diào)]

...the first nursing home designed specifically for people with AIDS. …專門爲艾滋病患者設計的第一家療養(yǎng)院。

We haven't specifically targeted school children. 我們沒有專門針對學校的孩子。

2. ADV You use specifically to add something more precise or exact to what you have already said. 更確切地說[ADV with group]

Death frightens me, specifically my own death. 死亡，更確切地說是我自己的死亡，讓我害怕。

...the Christian, and specifically Protestant, religion. …基督教，更確切地說，新教。

3. ADV You use specifically to indicate that something has a restricted nature, as opposed to being more general in nature. 僅限地[ADV adj]

...a specifically female audience. …一群僅限女性組成的觀衆(zhòng)。

4. ADV If you state or describe something specifically, you state or describe it precisely and clearly. 明確地[ADV with v]

I specifically asked for this steak rare. 我明確要求了要把這份牛排做成半熟的。