詞彙精選：peculiarity的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

古怪之處，怪癖

例句：

We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once.

我們馬上注意到了他態度的古怪。

例句：

Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

喬還有一個怪癖，就是喜歡不停地嚼硬糖。

獨特之處，特性，個性

例句：

Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials.

腹袋是有袋動物的特色。

例句：

Each nation can have its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.

每個民族做生意時都有自己的特色。

二、詞義辨析：

quality,property,feature,characteristic,peculiarity,trait,attribute,character

這些名詞均有“特性、特點、品質”之意。quality最普通用詞，既可指有形或無形的特性，又可指個性或共性的特徵。property多指同類事物所共有的特性，一般不用於指人。feature指事物突出引人注目的特點。多用來說明人的容貌特徵或地理特徵。characteristic指某人或某物天生有別於他人或他物的內部特質或外表特徵。peculiarity指人或事物獨具的或奇怪的特點，常帶感情色彩。trait多指人的性格、心情的特徵，尤指先天秉賦的持久的行爲模式或性格特徵。attribute通常指人主觀賦予某事物的屬性，可指典型事物。character多指一類人或事物所具有的獨特的典型的特徵。

三、參考例句：

Is this prudery a british peculiarity?

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There is one peculiarity about your approach.

你的方法有一個特色。

Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials.

腹袋是有袋動物的特色。

These small spiced cakes are a peculiarity of the region.

這些別有風味的小蛋糕是該地的特產。

We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once.

我們馬上注意到了他態度的古怪。

Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

喬還有一個怪癖，就是喜歡不停地嚼硬糖。

His only peculiarity is a habit of wearing impossibly gaudy neckties.

他唯一的怪癖就是佩帶俗得令人不敢置信的領帶。

After Shia LaBeouf read a mysterious poem by "Eric," Sia sang her hit "Chandelier" while facing a wall, as actress Kristen Wiig surprisingly joined Maddie Ziegler onstage — both in wigs — for an apartment-set dance that drew on the theatrical peculiarity

在希安·拉博夫讀了埃瑞克一首很神祕的詩之後，希雅演唱了他的熱門單曲《吊頂》，她面對着牆面，而令人想不到的是女演員克里斯汀·韋格加入麥迪·西格那一起跳了起來。她們都帶着假髮。她們一同跳起了公寓舞，這舞蹈算是麥迪·西格那的特色了。