personal

记忆“personal”单词的方法是将其与“person”结合起来，强调“personal”与个人的特性有关。可以想象一个“person”标签，标签上写满了只有这个人拥有的个人信息或特质，这样就能记住“personal”这个单词的含义是指个人的或私人的。

personal 个人的，人际的

来自person,人，个人。

personal (adj.)

late 14c., "pertaining to the self," from Old French personal (12c., Modern French personnel), from Late Latin personalis "pertaining to a person," from Latin persona (see person). Meaning "aimed at some particular person" (usually in a hostile manner) first attested 1610s. The noun sense of "newspaper item about private matters" is attested from 1888. As "a classified ad addressed to an individual," it is recorded from 1861. Personal computer is from 1976.

1. My personal life has had to take second place to my career.

我的私人生活不得不让位于事业。

2. They siphon foreign aid money into their personal bank accounts.

他们把国外救济金非法转入了个人银行账户。

3. Every line etched on her face told a story of personal anguish.

她脸上的每条皱纹都讲述了一次痛苦的经历。

4. Sir Geoffrey had no personal animosity towards the Prime Minister.

杰弗里爵士对首相并无私人恩怨。

5. He's begun a series of personal attacks on my character.

他开始对我进行一连串的人身攻击。

【personal, inhabitants, group, people, corporation, individuals】
personal: 人员，职员
inhabitants: 居民
group: 团体
people: 民族，种族
corporation: 公司
individuals: 个人，有某种特点的人

【personal, individual, private】
这组词都有“个人的，私人的”的意思，其区别是：
personal: 指属于或关于某人或某些特定的人，以区别于其他人。
individual: 与集体的相对，指个别或个体的。
private: 指属于私人所有或具有私营性质，以区别于集体或公共的，有时含不公开的意味。