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idiosyncrasy

英 [,ɪdɪə(ʊ)'sɪŋkrəsɪ]美 [,ɪdɪə'sɪŋkrəsi]

n. （個人獨有的）氣質，性格，習慣，癖好

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中文詞源

idiosyncrasy 習性，特徵

idio-,個人的，syn-,表加強，-crasy,混合，攪拌，詞源同crater,攪拌碗，火山口。引申詞義個人的脾氣，性情，習性，特徵。由混合引申脾性和脾氣來自古代的醫學觀念，即人體內的各種物質的混合決定和影響人的脾氣和性情，類似於中國哲學觀念的人體五行金木水火土。

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The book is a gem of Victorian idiosyncrasy.

這本書展現了維多利亞時代特色的精華。

2. It was his idiosyncrasy to seem much older than his years.

他的特點是看起來比實際年齡蒼老得多.

3. Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy.

不吃肉是艾美的習慣.

4. Every village has its idiosyncrasy and its constitution.

每一個村莊,都有它自己的特性,它自己的脾氣.

5. Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.

個人的特性和身世的沉浮都表明特羅依中士是一個非同尋常的人.

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