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sui generis

\soo-eye-JEN-ur-us; soo-ee-\ , adjective:
1.Being the only example of its kind; constituting a class of its own; unique.
固定词组 ph.
1.独特的;自成一类的

Quotes:
This man, in fact, was sui generis, a true original.
~Ruth Lord, Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur
They're a special case, a category of their own, sui generis.
~Eric Kraft, Leaving Small's Hotel
William Randolph Hearst did not speak often of his father. He preferred to think of himself as sui generis and self-created, which in many ways he was.
~David Nasaw, The Chief

Origin:
Sui generis is from Latin, literally meaning "of its own kind": sui, "of its own" + generis, genitive form of genus, "kind."