idiosyncrasy

• n. （個人獨有的）氣質，性格，習慣，癖好

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，特征。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。

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.

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。

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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.

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3. Eating no meat was Amy's idiosyncrasy.

不吃肉是艾美的習慣.

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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.

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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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