| 单词 | eclectic |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ek'lektik] |
| 解释 | a.折衷的，综合性的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 折衷的, 综合性的(selecting from various systems, doctrines, or sources) 【记】 ec(出)+lect(选)+ic →选出的→折衷的 【同】 同根词: intellect(智力, 智慧); collective(集合的) 【例】 Mary's taste in music is eclectic. She likes every kind. |
| 字源 | eclectic (adj.) 1680s, originally in reference to a group of ancient philosophers who selected doctrines from every system; from French eclectique (1650s), from Greek eklektikos "selective," literally "picking out," from eklektos "selected," from eklegein "pick out, select," from ek "out" (see ex-) + legein "gather, choose" (see lecture (n.)). Broader sense of "borrowed from diverse sources" is first recorded 1847. As a noun from 1817. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (从不同来源或风格中选出加以应用)博采众长的; 折衷的 【记】ec出, lect = select选一从各个地方选出的一折衷的; 博采众长的 【参】intellect(n 智力); collective(adj 集体的n 集体); eclecticism(n 折衷主义) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自select,elect ，ec 外 + lect 选择 【相关】collect 收集，elect 选举 选择 , select, neglect 忽视 |
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