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Eclectic describes something made up of a mix of very different styles, ideas, or things, pulled together from many different places rather than following just one pattern. You might describe someone's eclectic taste in music, meaning they enjoy many different kinds, or an eclectic mix of furniture in a room that isn't all one style.
多元的、兼容並蓄的(風格、品味)
組成From Greek ek- (out) + legein (to choose) — 'choosing out' from many sources.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
eclecticadj/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/
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Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.
- Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic.
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Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
- All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.
- Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.
eclecticnoun/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/
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Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
- Neo-Pagans are eclectics, often borrowing from a variety of cultural traditions as they try to shape their religious organizations and practices to meet group and individual needs.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。