…he was vexed at his want of instinctive certitude as to how far her eccentricities were generic, national, and how far they were personal

……他竟然不能凭着自己的直觉判断出她的这些乖僻行为,其中有几分是出于人的共性或是民族的特点,又有几分应该归咎于她自己不知检点,这使他怏怏不乐。

Another shade of the same sentiment, in reference to Mr. Dimmesdale, was expressed by a person whose eccentricities -or insanity, as we should term it-led her to do what few of the townspeople would have ventured on;

对于丁梅斯代尔牧师,还有一个人也表达了同样的感觉,那人居然荒唐--或者我们应该说成是疯狂--到干出镇上绝少有人做得出的事情

One of her eccentricities is sleeping under the bed instead of on it.

她的怪癖之一是睡在床底下而不睡在床上。

She developed a few harmless eccentricities

她逐渐养成一些无害的癖性。

Science loves eccentricities , leaps and bounds, trials of strength, fancies, if I may be allowed so to term them

科学是有怪癖,幻想,喜欢跳跃,奔腾和试验力量的,假如我可以用这些词来形容它们的话。

The minister was glad to have reached this shelter, without first betraying himself to the world by any of those strange and wicked eccentricities to which he had been continually impelled while passing through the streets.

牧师能够进到这个庇荫之地,暗自高兴,因为这样一来,他就无须向世人暴露他在街上一路走来时那不断怂恿他的种种离奇古怪的邪念了。

These are trifling instances, though it's to no commander's advantage to be suspected of ludicrous eccentricities

身为指挥官,却被怀疑举止失常,荒唐可笑,虽然与己不利但这些毕竟还是小事。

He went to Harrow and to Trinity College, Cambridge, where, amongst other eccentricities , he kept a bear.

他到哈罗学校和剑桥大学的三一学院学习,在学校里,他养了一只熊,而且还有其他一些古怪行为。

His eccentricities had earned for him the nickname "The Madman"

他的怪癖已使他得到'疯子'的绰号。

His eccentricities had earned for him the nickname "The Madman".

他的怪癖已使他获得了“疯子”的绰号。

One of his eccentricities is sleeping under the bed instead of on it.

他的怪僻之一是睡觉睡在床底下而不睡在床上.

He is allowed to cultivate hobbies, even eccentricities , but must not practise a vocation.

他可以培养自己养成各种癖好,甚至养成怪癖的行为,但他不准从事某种职业。

He is allowed to cultivate hobbies, even eccentricities , but must not practise a vocation.

他可以培养自己养成各种癖好,甚至养成怪癖的行为,但他不准从事某种职业。

I am quite aware that my friend Wilmore is peculiar, but he is sincere, and as rich as a gold-mine, consequently, he may indulge his eccentricities without any fear of their ruining him, and I have promised to adhere to his instructions

我知道敝友威玛是个奇人,但他为人很诚恳,而且金矿一般富有,所以他可以随心所欲按他的怪癖行事而不必担心自己会倾家荡产,而我也已答应执行他的指令。

Develop your eccentricities while you are young.

在年轻时发展出你自己的特异风格

||1:So by staying in, Scots will not just save the union but enhance it, as they have for 300 years.||2:For the UK, with all its triumphs and eccentricities , belongs to Scots as much as it does to the English—even if increasing numbers of them seem ready to disown that glorious, hard-earned heritage, and to simplify their identities by stripping out one of those concentric rings.||3:That goes against both the spirit of this fluid century—in which most people have multiple identities, whether of place, ethnicity or religion—and the evidence of the preceding three.||4:For all its tensions and rivalries, and sometimes because of them, the history of the union shows that the Scots, Welsh, English and Northern Irish are stronger, more tolerant and more imaginative together than they would be apart.

||1:因此，留在联盟内的苏格兰不仅拯救了已屹立了三百年的英帝国，更是增进了其团结。||2:即使如今有越来越多的人在否定英国历经百年才努力获得的光荣成就，并想通过分离独立以纯粹其自我身份，这个国家的伟大和特性依然属于苏格兰和整个英国，这点事实是不会改变的。||3:独立的想法与如今这个多元的时代是背道而驰的。无论是在出身，民族，还是宗教上，现代人本就拥有多重属性。||4:历史证明了，即使出现过紧张和对立的局面——但有时也正是因为这些紧张和对立—苏格兰、威尔士、英格兰、北爱尔兰的联合反而会比它们各自分裂时，更加团结、包容和富有创造力。

||Sometimes the party's eccentricities embarrass its leaders.|| For example, they despaired when members backed a motion regretting that winning had become the “primary concern” in football. But those same eccentricities keep the membership loyal. Luckily for Mr Clegg, the “primary concern” for most Lib Dems is not the winning, but the taking part.

||有时候该党的古怪也让领导人们感到尴尬。||举个例子，当党员们支持一项惋惜输赢成为了足球的“核心关注点”的议案时，他们简直绝望了。但正是这些古怪之处保证了党员们的忠诚。克莱格是幸运的，对于大多数自由民主党员来说，”核心关注点“不是胜利，而是参与。译者：王颖 校对：曾擎禹

But even factoring in their annoying eccentricities , the disobedient attitude of hackers is a net win.

但即便是把这种烦人的怪癖考虑进来，黑客们的叛逆态度仍然是极大的优势。

It's natural that paintings and digital art would spend a lot of time focusing on these characters and their eccentricities .

绘画和数字艺术自然会用大量笔墨来关照这些角色及其怪异之处。

Western firms are only just beginning to grasp the eccentricities of the Indonesian social-media market.

西方公司才刚开始了解到印度尼西亚社交网络市场的怪异。

Once interpreted as signs of pathology, Qaddafi's eccentricities were redefined as mere personality quirks.

一旦被病理学解释为无疾病的影响，卡扎夫的怪癖被重新定义为单纯的人格异常。

Vegetarians who declare their dietary eccentricities in Korea usually meet with a gasp, a grimace, and an "isn't it difficult? "

在韩国，素食者宣布他们的饮食食谱时，别人的反映通常是大吃一惊，做痛苦状，并问到“不会很难吗？”