idiosyncrasy

英 [ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi]

美 [ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi]

n.  (个人特有的)习性; 特征; 癖好

复数：idiosyncrasies　

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BNC.18599 / COCA.19034

牛津词典

noun

• （个人特有的）习性；特征；癖好
  a person's particular way of behaving, thinking, etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature
  1. The car has its little idiosyncrasies.
     这辆车有它的一些小小脾气。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (个人特有的)癖好，嗜好;(物品的)特色，特点
  If you talk about theidiosyncrasiesof someone or something, you are referring to their rather unusual habits or characteristics.
  1. Everyone has a few little idiosyncrasies...
     每个人都有点小嗜好。
  2. The bike has style, it has looks, it has its little idiosyncrasies...
     这辆自行车品质一流，外观漂亮，有一些细节之处与众不同。
  3. The book is a gem of Victorian idiosyncrasy.
     这本书展现了维多利亚时代特色的精华。

英英释义

noun

• a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
  Synonym:foiblemannerism

双语例句

• Perhaps the intense loyalty that these firms inspire is just an interesting idiosyncrasy.
  也许这些公司所激发的强烈的忠诚感只是一种有趣的癖好。
• A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if its employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it.
  言语怪癖和航空报价一样，只有在偶尔使用并且使用者有意识去使用的时候才说得过去。
• Everyone has a few little idiosyncrasies
  每个人都有点小嗜好。
• The bike has style, it has looks, it has its little idiosyncrasies
  这辆自行车品质一流，外观漂亮，有一些细节之处与众不同。
• Dear, your idiosyncrasy will be found by someone, he'll bring you home, gave you the money he earned and feed by meals you cooked.
  亲爱的，你的特质总有一天会由一个倒霉蛋发现的。他会把你带回家，把挣的钱都交给你，然后让你煮饭给他吃。
• Every village has its idiosyncrasy, its constitution, often its own code of morality.
  所有的村庄都有自己的特点、结构，甚至也有自己的道德准则。
• It was his idiosyncrasy to seem much older than his years.
  他的特点是看起来比实际年龄苍老得多。
• In this paper, we set technology innovation team as the study object, considering the idiosyncrasy of members and the differences in their psychological contract.
  从系统思维的角度定义了高校科技创新团队的内涵，并定性描述了高校科技创新团队自组织演化过程中的序参量&协同力。
• If someone makes a comment about your weight/ appearance/ idiosyncrasy, try not to take it as offensive: its merely an observation on their part.
  如果有人评论你的体重/外表/特质，尽量不要视为是有冒犯之意：那只不过是对你个人外表长相和性格特质的一种表象观察印象而已。
• Lu Xun's sceptical spirit in "Wild Grass" produces a profound impact on Mu Dan's poetry by such aspects as its modernist idiosyncrasy, scepticism and fruitfulness.
  鲁迅《野草》的怀疑精神从现代主义特质、多疑性和丰富性三个方面对穆旦诗产生了深刻影响。