idiosyncrasy
英 [,ɪdɪə(ʊ)'sɪŋkrəsɪ]
美 [,ɪdɪə'sɪŋkrəsi]
中文词源
idiosyncrasy 习性，特征idio-,个人的，syn-,表加强，-crasy,混合，搅拌，词源同crater,搅拌碗，火山口。引申词义个人的脾气，性情，习性，特征。由混合引申脾性和脾气来自古代的医学观念，即人体内的各种物质的混合决定和影响人的脾气和性情，类似于中国哲学观念的人体五行金木水火土。
英文词源
- idiosyncrasy (n.)
- c. 1600, from French idiosyncrasie, from Greek idiosynkrasia "a peculiar temperament," from idios "one's own" (see idiom) + synkrasis "temperament, mixture of personal characteristics," from syn "together" (see syn-) + krasis "mixture" (see rare (adj.2)). Originally in English a medical term meaning "physical constitution of an individual." Mental sense first attested 1660s.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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.
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- 3. Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy.
- 不吃肉是艾美的习惯.
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- 4. Every village has its idiosyncrasy and its constitution.
- 每一个村庄,都有它自己的特性,它自己的脾气.
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- 5. Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.
- 个人的特性和身世的沉浮都表明特罗依中士是一个非同寻常的人.
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