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

• Regional idiosyncrasy of national art aesthetic has its normal inevitability, while is also in a state of developing and change.
  民族艺术审美的地域性特质具有合规律的必然性，但同样又是处于发展变化状态的。
• This article designs self-control teaching method for football teaching combination of practice and application according to university students characteristics and football sport idiosyncrasy.
  根据大学生身心发展特点和足球运动的特点，结合足球教学的实践和应用，为足球教学没计了“自控式教学法”的教学实验方案。
• 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。
• It's an idiosyncrasy of hers that she always smells a book before opening it.
  打开书之前先闻一闻是她的癖好。
• You can learn to compensate for such an idiosyncrasy with a little logic and discipline.
  你要学会弥补这种没有逻辑和规律的特殊情况。
• 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。
• The system not only take possess of the idiosyncrasy of the multi-agent, but also inherits the technology of the mature inference of the agricultural expert system, and advance intelligence, complexity and extension of the system.
  该系统不仅具有多Agent系统的特性，还继承了农业专家系统成熟的决策推理技术，提高了系统的智能性、灵活性和扩展性。
• Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy.
  不吃肉是艾美的习惯。
• The subject idiosyncrasy is mainly manifesting self-consciousness, initiative and creativity.
  其主体性主要表现为自觉性、能动性和创造性。
• 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。