eclectic英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

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.

形容词 adj.

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.
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.

词形变化

more eclectic comparative most eclectic superlative eclectick alternative eclectics plural eclectick alternative

词汇关系

反义词

exclusive homogeneous orthodox standard uniform

衍生词

eclectically eclecticism eclecticist eclecticize eclectic medicine eclection noneclectic uneclectic

词源

词源 1

From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “to choose, count”).
Cognate to elect.

词源 2

From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “to choose, count”).
Cognate to elect.