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单词 idiosyncrasy
释义
idiosyncrasy
noun[Cusually plural]
uk
/ˌɪd.i.əˈsɪŋ.krə.si/us
/ˌɪd.i.əˈsɪŋ.krə.si/
astrangeorunusualhabit, way ofbehaving, orfeaturethat someone or something has:
癖好，怪癖；特征
She oftencracksherknuckleswhen she'sspeaking- it's one of herlittleidiosyncrasies.她讲话时常常将指节捏得咔咔作响，这是她的一个小怪癖。
One of the idiosyncrasies of thisprinteris that you can'tstopitonceit hasstarted.这台打印机的怪毛病之一是一旦开始打印就无法让它停下。
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idiosyncratic
(Definition ofidiosyncrasyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

idiosyncrasy| American Dictionary

idiosyncrasy
noun[C]
us
/ˌɪd·i·əˈsɪŋ·krə·si/
astrangeorunusualhabit, way ofbehaving, orfeature:
One of her many idiosyncrasies is alwayssmellingabookbeforeopeningit.
(Definition ofidiosyncrasyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofidiosyncrasy

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Subsequent chapters look in detail at the idiosyncrasies of musical instruments and the difficulties their performers are likely to encounter.
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Nor is thisidiosyncrasyrestricted to the lexical (open-class) categories.
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Chapter 4 further gives an account of the mapping between semantic role, grammatical function, and case, accommodating in detail a variety of idiosyncrasies.
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This preoccupation with graphics appears to be nothing short of disciplinaryidiosyncrasy.
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Naturally, it would be preferable to control for national idiosyncrasies while accounting for the suspected general phenomenon.
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Neandertals disappeared, in our opinion largely through absorption, simply because they were peripheral, not because of the idiosyncrasies of their anatomy or of their adaptations.
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Here the emphasis was upon the beguiling idiosyncrasies of individual ' characters', and the unexpected twists and turns of a ' plot' generated by their interaction.
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But each geological period has its own highlights and idiosyncrasies of insect diversification and extinction.
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Second, nonnative speakers were able to show differences in reading time on the other types of grammatical idiosyncrasies tested.
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For the first time it struck me that my work with clinicians might not be a personalidiosyncrasy.
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These studies also, but not always, have nation-specific idiosyncrasies although the study of colonialism is by nature comparative or cross-national.
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Photographs can reveal the material richness of artifacts that we often dismiss as cliché, and enable kitsch and localidiosyncrasyto appear mythical and strange.
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Combined with the category-specific rules, a morphological grammar for every category (not including idiosyncrasies) is obtained.
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In short, the procedure chosen here allows for the comparison of word categories between subjects, but might conceal idiosyncrasies in word use.
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External factors may contradict and interact, or be overruled by language particular idiosyncrasies.
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