Adjective:
considered individually;the respective club members
specialists in their several fields
the various reports all agreed
15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的respectivus，意为重视。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词respective dormitories各自的宿舍respective duties各人的职责respective profession每人的职业respective ranks每人的等级
近义词 ownseveralpersonalseparate
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He and I are each going to visit our respective teachers.我和他分别要去拜访各自的老师。
The three men were given work according to their respective abilities.那三个人按各自的才能分配了工作。
形容词100%
The three men were given work according to their respective abilities.这三个人根据各自的能力被分配了工作。