eclectic
英 [ɪ'klektɪk]
美 [ɪ'klɛktɪk]
- adj. 折衷的；选择的；折衷学派的
- n. 折衷派的人；折衷主义者
TEM8 GRE
eclectic 不拘一格的ec-, 向外。-lect, 选，收集，词源同elect, collect.
- eclectic (adj.)
- 1680s, "not confined to or following any one model or system," originally in reference to ancient philosophers who selected doctrines from every system; from French eclectique (1650s), from Greek eklektikos "selective," literally "picking out," from eklektos "selected," from eklegein "pick out, select," from ek "out" (see ex-) + legein "gather, choose" (see lecture (n.)). Broader sense of "borrowed from diverse sources" is first recorded 1847. As a noun from 1817.
- 1. She has very eclectic tastes in literature.
- 她在文学方面的兴趣非常广泛。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The origins of structural theories are eclectic at best.
- 结构主义理论的起源充其量也不过是折衷主义.
来自辞典例句
- 3. His habitual touch was that of the eclectic.
- 他惯用的是折衷的语言.
来自辞典例句
- 4. An eclectic collection of well - thumbed books suggests an openness to new ideas.
- 如果某人的藏书五花八门,而且经常翻阅,这表明他对新想法持开放态度.
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- 5. Our career - development goals are eclectic, and less clearly defined.
- 而我们事业发展的目标却不这么兼收并蓄, 也不这么明确.
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