peculiarity

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pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty /pɪˌkjuːliˈærəti/ noun (plural peculiarities)

1 [countableC]ONLY something that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc 〔某地方、某人或某情况等的〕特点，独特性

peculiarity of

The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.

没有一部成文宪法是英国政治制度的一大特点。

2 [countableC]STRANGE a strange or unusual habit, quality etc 奇异的性质；怪癖

Margaret regarded her mother’s peculiarities with a fond tolerance.

玛格丽特宽容地看待母亲的怪癖。

3 [uncountableU]STRANGE the quality of being strange or unfamiliar 奇特；怪异；古怪

peculiarity of

She was well aware of the peculiarity of her own situation.

她非常清楚自己情况的怪异。

Examples from the Corpus

peculiarity• Margaret loved her mother, and regarded her peculiarities with a fond tolerance.• In this lay the historical peculiarity of the capitalist mode of production.• The other concepts betray similar logical peculiarities.• She seemed to have acquired a lot of peculiarities herself.• Not having been associated with people with his range of peculiarities, I wondered whether they were the materials of his prejudices.• The baby literally tunes itself up to the peculiarities of the language that it hears.• To do this, two peculiarities of the labor market must be remembered.

peculiarity of• The pharmacist is familiar with the peculiarities of Dr. Klein's handwriting.

pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty noun

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