unique: [17] Unique comes via French unique from Latin ūnicus ‘only, sole’. This was derived from ūnus ‘one’, a distant relative of English one. It originally meant simply ‘single, sole’ in English, and the extended sense ‘unequalled, unparalleled’, which has often drawn the hostile criticism of purists (particularly when accompanied by qualifiers such as very or completely), did not emerge until the late 18th century, under French influence. => one, union
unique (adj.)
c. 1600, "single, solitary," from Middle French unique (16c.), from Latin unicus "only, single, sole, alone of its kind," from unus "one" (see one). Meaning "forming the only one of its kind" is attested from 1610s; erroneous sense of "remarkable, uncommon" is attested from mid-19c. Related: Uniquely; uniqueness.
例文
1. Editorially，they never really became a unique distinct product.
立場と観点について、彼らは自分の独自の視点を確立することができなかった。
2.Kauffman was a woman of unique talent and determination.
カウフマンは抜群の知性と決断力を持つ女性だ。
3.With its unique heating element it makes perfect coffee.
独自の電熱素子により、非常においしいコーヒーを沸かすことができます。
4.This interesting and charming creature is unique to Borneo.