词汇精选：peculiarity的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

古怪之处，怪癖

例句：

We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once.

我们马上注意到了他态度的古怪。

例句：

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。

独特之处，特性，个性

例句：

Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials.

腹袋是有袋动物的特色。

例句：

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。

二、词义辨析：

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

这些名词均有“特性、特点、品质”之意。quality最普通用词，既可指有形或无形的特性，又可指个性或共性的特征。property多指同类事物所共有的特性，一般不用于指人。feature指事物突出引人注目的特点。多用来说明人的容貌特征或地理特征。characteristic指某人或某物天生有别于他人或他物的内部特质或外表特征。peculiarity指人或事物独具的或奇怪的特点，常带感情色彩。trait多指人的性格、心情的特征，尤指先天秉赋的持久的行为模式或性格特征。attribute通常指人主观赋予某事物的属性，可指典型事物。character多指一类人或事物所具有的独特的典型的特征。

三、参考例句：

Is this prudery a british peculiarity?

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There is one peculiarity about your approach.

你的方法有一个特色。

Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials.

腹袋是有袋动物的特色。

These small spiced cakes are a peculiarity of the region.

这些别有风味的小蛋糕是该地的特产。

We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once.

我们马上注意到了他态度的古怪。

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。

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

他唯一的怪癖就是佩带俗得令人不敢置信的领带。

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

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