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peculiarity n.特性,怪癖 A peculiarity is a quirk or strange feature. You might be self conscious about the fact that your ears are uneven, something you think of as an obvious peculiarity. Another kind of peculiarity is a quality that is specific to someone or something: "One peculiarity of people from the Midwest is that they call soda pop." This "special characteristic" meaning is the original one, which makes sense given the Latin root, peculiaris, "of one's own." ☆☆☆☆☆ 2005.6

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[pikju:li'æriti] Some characteristic or habit that's odd or distinctive is a peculiarity. Your brother's peculiarities might include always wearing a red knit hat, even in summer. A unity of objectives that nonetheless respect the varied peculiarities of each country. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]怪癖；古怪之处 A peculiarity that someone or something has is a strange or unusual characteristic or habit.   [with supp]Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.乔还有一个怪癖，就是喜欢不停地嚼硬糖。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]独特之处；特性；个性 A peculiarity is a characteristic or quality which belongs or relates only to one person or thing.   [with supp]Each nation can have its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.每个民族做生意时都有自己的特色。...a peculiarity of our times.我们时代的特性

英语单词	peculiarity
英美音标	[pikju:li'æriti]
中文释义	n.特性,怪癖
vocab简明	Some characteristic or habit that's odd or distinctive is a peculiarity. Your brother's peculiarities might include always wearing a red knit hat, even in summer.
vocab扩展	A peculiarity is a quirk or strange feature. You might be self conscious about the fact that your ears are uneven, something you think of as an obvious peculiarity. Another kind of peculiarity is a quality that is specific to someone or something: "One peculiarity of people from the Midwest is that they call soda pop." This "special characteristic" meaning is the original one, which makes sense given the Latin root, peculiaris, "of one's own."
真题原句	A unity of objectives that nonetheless respect the varied peculiarities of each country.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]怪癖；古怪之处 A peculiarity that someone or something has is a strange or unusual characteristic or habit. [with supp] Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy. 乔还有一个怪癖，就是喜欢不停地嚼硬糖。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]独特之处；特性；个性 A peculiarity is a characteristic or quality which belongs or relates only to one person or thing. [with supp] Each nation can have its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business. 每个民族做生意时都有自己的特色。 ...a peculiarity of our times. 我们时代的特性
来源	2005.6

Peculiarity Characteristic Strange Quality N Count 可数名词 [With Supp