quirk

quirk

美 [kw?rk] 　英 [kw??(r)k]

• n.怪癖；怪異的性格（或行為）；（尤指偶發的）怪事
• v.突然扭曲（嘴或眉毛）；撇嘴；揚眉；皺眉
• 網絡夸克；奇事；古怪行為

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例句

Growing up in the Iowa farm belt, Dr. Loren Olson always thought of himself as "heterosexual, with a little quirk. "

羅倫·歐森醫生生長在愛荷華州的農業區，一直以來總是覺得自己是“帶有一點點怪癖的異性戀者”。

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the $215 million make over was "the best birthday present" the city could give its centrepiece.

布里斯班市長格雷厄姆.夸克說，這項耗資2.15億美元的翻新工程就是這個城市送給市政廳大樓“最好的生日禮物”。

Sometimes I said the words out of context to see if by deflection, some quirk of physics, the meaning would suddenly come to me.

有時，我割裂地來說這些詞，看看會不會通過偏離，通過某種物理的突然扭曲，我會突然想出其中的意義。

Even if the Greenstein and Forman study is just a quirk, which I suspect is not the case, it still points to an interesting issue.

即使格林斯坦和福爾曼的研究只是個異常現象（我覺得事實并非如此），它仍然指出了一個有趣的問題。

The same irrational quirk is now playing out in the U. S. housing market.

同樣不合理的怪癖，正在美國房地產市場出現。

Everything from the moment they cross their arms to the quirk of their eyebrow, your characters are expressing themselves to you.

任何動作，從手臂交叉到擰起眉頭，你的人物都在表達他們自己。

Despite the underlying inflation risks, a statistical quirk may push core inflation down in the coming months.

盡管有著潛在的通脹風險，一個統計特性可能降低將來幾個月的核心通脹率。

Quirk of the parliamentary system though it may be, Italian politics appears to be pretty forgiving to those with economic black marks.

盡管意大利的議會可能富于奇思怪想，不過意大利的政治似乎相當寬容，不計較經濟污點。

Experts say the rare phenomenon is just a quirk of nature and can occur if the chicken receives a shock during egg production.

農業專家們也表示，這樣罕見的情況實則是大自然的一種變異，如果母雞在生蛋時受到驚嚇，就可能產下異常的雞蛋。

He had a strange quirk of addressing his wife Mrs. Smith.

他很怪，把自己的妻子稱作史密斯夫人。

But the loss of such a distinctive design quirk means the Impreza loses some of its character.

但是，失去這樣一位與眾不同的設計夸克是指豹失去它的一些性質。

"She fell and landed on her backside, " said Courtney Mikolaj of the Quirk Law Firm in Ventura, California, which is representing her.

“她摔倒并且是背部著地，”加利福尼亞凡吐拉市快客法律公司的米可拉伊表示，是她的代表律師。

In more than 20 years of research, she's discovered that our mindset is not a minor personality quirk.

經過20多年的研究，德韋克認為心態并不是一個微不足道的性格特征。

The standard theory of bad moods is rooted in a psychological quirk known as ego depletion.

有關壞情緒的標準理論源于心理學上的“自我損耗”。

In an odd quirk, new research suggests the commission's plans could benefit those countries most opposed to it.

但出人意料的是，新研究表明委員會的計劃將使那些反對呼聲最高的國家獲益。

In a revealing quirk of the English language, to ask the question is to level an accusation at the same time.

在英語里某個明顯的諷語，在設問之時就提出了指責。

The next day I was reminded of another little French cultural quirk: their English really isn't that good.

第二天的事讓我想起了法國文化中的另一點怪異之處———他們的英文真是不怎么樣。

Executive quirk: Raised the legs of his desk to let him work and use his computer standing up.

管理怪癖：提高辦公桌腳使得他可以站著辦公和使用電腦。

In this quirk of the human mind, one powerful impression spills over onto our other judgments of a situation.

這是人類一種奇怪的思維習慣，我們會把對事物某一方面產生的強烈印象套用在對該事物其他方面的評價中。

Either way, this looks to be a quirk of biology, not a concertedevolution by a plant disease to infect animals.

無論如何，這看起來都是生物學上的一個巧合，而不是植物疾病傳染給動物的必然演化過程。

Suppose you discover that there is a quirk with the payroll system, where a new employee cannot be added until an office space is assigned.

假設您發現工資單系統存在一個漏洞，在分配辦公空間之前將無法添加新員工。

Pressured? Rushed? You'll spend more recklessly. Infomercials are designed to take advantage of this brain quirk.

緊迫？匆忙？你會不顧一切地花費更多。信息商業都在利用大腦這一古怪行為。

DIFFERENCES invites you to reflect on this strange quirk in relating, and suggests another way to view differences in your relationship.

差異邀請你去反思在這個陌生的點上，用另一種方式，以查看在你的關系中的那些不同。

By a quirk of fate, the couple took the same flight after years of being apart.

命運的安排讓這對失散多年的戀人搭上了同一班飛機。

But a quirk in the Miami-Dade County laws prohibits him from moving.

但邁阿密戴德縣有個奇怪的法律規定——禁止他搬家。

It also reflects a little-known quirk of Ms Schapiro's past: she studied social anthropology as an undergraduate.

它也反映了夏皮羅一件鮮為人知的奇事：她大學念的是社會人類學。

On top of that weirdness, magnetars have the added quirk of possessing extremely strong magnetic fields.

最奇怪的是，磁星竟然擁有極強的磁場。

A quirk in how China calculates quotas means that two tons of quota must be used to export a ton of rare earths for some alloys.

一個奇怪的問題是，中國如何計算出的配額那意味著2噸配額必須用于出口1噸稀土合金。

It found that people with a "genetic quirk" drank more sugary drinks, ate more sweets, and consumed more calories from the extra sugar.

研究表明人們喜歡喝更甜的飲料，吃更多甜食，而且能消耗更多的卡路里，是由于基因的變異。

Yet thanks to a quirk of law, talk of default is not confined to the European side of the Atlantic.

但是，現在由于法律上的奇怪之處，對欠債不還的討論也不僅僅局限在大西洋的歐洲一邊了。

During the weeklong conference here, several other major phone makers have introduced devices with one quirk or another.

在長達一周的會議期間，其它幾家手機制造商用這種或那種方式介紹了自己的手機配置。

Both Ranieri and Grant starting their Chelsea managerial careers with a visit to Old Trafford, strange quirk of fate.

拉涅利和格蘭特都是從老特拉福德開始他們的切爾西教練之路的，奇怪的巧合。

Still, the practice is not entirely the product of a psychological quirk.

不過，這種做法并不完全是心理怪癖的結果。

The lower volumes have been felt across the industry, Mr. Quirk said.

夸克說，整個行業的交易量都在下降。

Otherwise, this may simply be a charming quirk (maybe not so charming to your neighbor).

要不然的話，這就可能只是一種有趣的個性（或許對你的鄰居來說不是那么有趣）。

Temperature in a gas can reach below absolute zero thanks to a quirk of quantum physics.

量子物理的一種反常現象可以讓某種氣體的溫度達到絕對零度以下

So what quirk of human nature is standing in our way, and what might insurers (and governments) do to nudge us in a more sensible direction?

那么，哪種怪癖的人性正在阻礙我們呢？保險公司（和政府）應該采取什么做法，將我們引向一個更為理智的方向呢？

A quirk in the system could cast doubt over the poll's overall fairness.

體制的尷尬之處使得選票的總體公正性也受到質疑。

Scientists have discovered a biological quirk in bottlenose dolphins that could lead to a treatment for late-onset diabetes in humans.

科學家發現，寬吻海豚有一種奇特的生物特性，該發現也許會為人類帶來一種治療遲發性糖尿病的新方法。

By a quirk of fate, he again axon, then with eye diseases and propensity for his failure.

由于命運的捉弄，他又突患眼疾，則進而為他的失敗推波助瀾。