respective

「respective」是「分別、各自的」，例如：

All men have their respective duties.（每人都有各自的職責。）

The school bus drove them

to their respective homes.

（校車把他們分別送

回家。）

Those three methods

described above have their respective merits.（上述的三個方法，各有優點。）

specific

specific是「特定、明確的」，例如：

This book has a very specific purpose, I bought it for a specific purpose.（這本書的目的很明確，我為了特殊的目的而買了它。）

Quinine was a specific

for malaria.

（奎寧曾經是治瘧疾的

特效藥。）

There are several specific problems to be dealt with, so I asked him to be more specific.（有幾個特定的問題必須處理，所以我請他（說得）更具體些。）

frantically

「frantically」是「拚命地」，例如：

After the boat sank, they kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.（船沉沒後，他 們拚命舀水，使它繼續漂浮了幾個小時。）

This year has been frantically busy

for us, we need a holiday just to

wind down.（今年忙得要命，

我們需要假期放鬆發條。）

Before the storm was coming,

dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh. （在風暴來臨之前，狗不斷瘋狂似地抓鐵絲網。）