eclectic

adjective
🔊/ɪˈklektɪk/
🔊/ɪˈklektɪk/
(formal)
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  1. not following one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety不拘一格的;兼收并蓄的
    • She has very eclectic tastes in literature.她在文学方面的兴趣非常广泛。🔊🔊
    • His house is an eclectic mixture of the antique and the modern.他的家古典与现代气息兼而有之。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEclectic is used with these nouns:
    • approach
    • bunch
    • collection
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    Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a term in philosophy): from Greek eklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out’, from ek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose’.