• adj. 折衷的；選擇的；折衷學派的
• n. 折衷派的人；折衷主義者

ec-, 向外。-lect, 選，收集，詞源同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.

她在文學方面的興趣非常廣泛。

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2. The origins of structural theories are eclectic at best.

結(jié)構(gòu)主義理論的起源充其量也不過是折衷主義.

來自辭典例句

3. His habitual touch was that of the eclectic.

他慣用的是折衷的語言.

來自辭典例句

4. An eclectic collection of well - thumbed books suggests an openness to new ideas.

如果某人的藏書五花八門,而且經(jīng)常翻閱,這表明他對新想法持開放態(tài)度.

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5. Our career - development goals are eclectic, and less clearly defined.

而我們事業(yè)發(fā)展的目標卻不這么兼收并蓄, 也不這么明確.

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