小词详解 | peculiar

peculiar 英 [pɪˈkjuːliə(r)] 美 [pɪˈkjuːliər]

• A lawsuit reveals how peculiar Harvard’s definition of merit is.
  一场诉讼揭露出哈佛大学对“优秀”的定义有多独特。
  ——《经济学人》
• It’s a peculiar kind of work, seeing what strangers had kept in their closets, what they hung on the walls, what deodorant they liked.
  这是份特别的差事，可以看到陌生人在橱柜里都放了些什么，墙上挂着什么，喜欢用什么样的除臭剂。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 美国情景喜剧特有的幽默
  a humour that is peculiar to American sitcoms

• 出于某种奇怪的原因，一排排的女人涌上前去。
  For some peculiar reason, row upon row of women surged forwards.
• 真奇怪，他被控犯有诈骗罪，但却从未被定罪。
  It's peculiar that he was indicted on racketeering charges but never convicted.

• 看见血会使她心里感到有点不舒服。这就是为什么和你谈话时她不停地摆弄钥匙。
  Seeing blood makes her feel a bit peculiar inside. That's why she was fiddling with her keys while she talked to you.

Habits are peculiar things. They will drive the really non-religious mind out of bed to say prayers that are only a custom and not a devotion.
习惯真是样怪东西，它能驱使一个没有宗教信仰的人从床上爬起来做祷告，这种祷告完全是习惯使然，而非宗教热忱。

• odd: different from what is usual or expected; strange
• bizarre: very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement
• weird: very strange; bizarre