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小词详解 | peculiar
peculiar 英 [pɪˈkjuːliə(r)] 美 [pɪˈkjuːliər]
A lawsuit reveals how peculiar Harvard’s definition of merit is.
一场诉讼揭露出哈佛大学对“优秀”的定义有多独特。
——《经济学人》It’s a peculiar kind of work, seeing what strangers had kept in their closets, what they hung on the walls, what deodorant they liked.
这是份特别的差事,可以看到陌生人在橱柜里都放了些什么,墙上挂着什么,喜欢用什么样的除臭剂。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 奇怪的或怪异的;不寻常的
美国情景喜剧特有的幽默
a humour that is peculiar to American sitcoms
出于某种奇怪的原因,一排排的女人涌上前去。
For some peculiar reason, row upon row of women surged forwards.真奇怪,他被控犯有诈骗罪,但却从未被定罪。
It's peculiar that he was indicted on racketeering charges but never convicted.
看见血会使她心里感到有点不舒服。这就是为什么和你谈话时她不停地摆弄钥匙。
Seeing blood makes her feel a bit peculiar inside. That's why she was fiddling with her keys while she talked to you.
Habits are peculiar things. They will drive the really non-religious mind out of bed to say prayers that are only a custom and not a devotion.
习惯真是样怪东西,它能驱使一个没有宗教信仰的人从床上爬起来做祷告,这种祷告完全是习惯使然,而非宗教热忱。
odd: different from what is usual or expected; strange bizarre: very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement weird: very strange; bizarre