trait

英 [treɪt; treɪ] 美[tret]
  • n. 特性,特点;品质;少许
  • n. (Trait)人名;(法)特雷

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词态变化


复数: traits;

助记提示


1、tract- => trait.
2、tract- =>portray => portrait.

中文词源


trait 特征,特点

来自中古法语 trait,线条,轮廓,特征,来自拉丁语 tractus,描绘,勾勒,来自 trahere,拖,拉, 使移动,词源同 drag,tract.引申词义人的特征,特点等。拼写比较 portrait,protract.

英英释意


1. a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

英文词源


trait
trait: see trace
trait (n.)
late 15c., "shot, missiles;" later "a stroke in drawing, a short line" (1580s), from Middle French trait "line, stroke, feature, tract," from Latin tractus "drawing, drawing out, dragging, pulling," later "line drawn, feature," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality" in English is first recorded 1752.

同义词辨析


quality, property, feature, characteristic, peculiarity, trait, attribute, character

这些名词均有"特性,特点,品质"之意。

quality: 最普通用词,既可指有形或无形的特性,又可指个性或共性的特征。

property: 多指同类事物所共有的特性,一般不用于指人。

feature: 指事物突出引人注目的特点。多用来说明人的容貌特征或地理特征。

characteristic: 指某人或某物天生有别于他人或他物的内部特质或外表特征。

peculiarity: 指人或事物独具的或奇怪的特点,常带感情色彩。

trait: 多指人的性格、心情的特征,尤指先天秉赋的持久的行为模式或性格特征。

attribute: 通常指人主观赋予某事物的属性,可指典型事物。

character: 多指一类人或事物所具有的独特的典型的特征。

考试真题


Increasingly, science indicates that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

The design objective and the business commitment were to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problemsolving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

His ideas forced a reexamination of the early leadership paradigm (范例), which he observed centered on traits found in the character ethic and the personality ethic.

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The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated," says Ashby Plant of Florida State University.

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Personality traits of successful blacks

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It is a trait of generous character.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

So it doesn't really seem like learning styles are an inherited trait that we all have.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits ( ' , particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

The United States is the product of two principal forces-the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

In a 2019 survey of University of Georgia students, meanwhile, the career office found the most desirable trait in a future employer was the ability to offer secure employment followed by professional development and training, and then inspiring purpose.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


personality traits
个性特点

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The study found that some alcoholics had clear personality traits showing up early in childhood...
研究发现一些酗酒者在童年早期就显现出鲜明的人格特征。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Creativity is a human trait.
创造力是人类的一种特性。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Briber: bribing now unlocks a new trait chain that nudges the diplomat becoming at it.
贿赂者: 为贿赂打开一条新路径,外交官入变成此方面的能手.

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Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.
一些偶尔来德国的人会认为,吝啬是德国人的典型特征,这种想法也许可以谅解.

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Fewer than 1 % of females affected because the trait is carried on the X chromosome.
不到1%的女性受到影响,因为这种特性是与X染色体上.

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If he had one abiding trait, it was his desire of astonishing people.
如果说他有什么经常性的癖好的话, 那就是他老想惹人吃惊.

辞典例句

It's a genetic trait that causes deafness at an early age.
早期耳聋是基因缺陷造成的.

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Redheads may actually have another trait that makes them stand out sensitivity to pain, specialists reported.
专家们说,(除去发色以外)红头发的人也许还有一个使他们卓然于群的特征——敏锐的痛感.

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Atthe same time they recognize some trait in the other that complements their own personality.
与此同时他们发现另一半的一些个性和自己的个性是互补的.

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A characteristic trait or peculiarity, especially one serving to define or describe its possessor.
特性,属性特性或不同之处, 尤指用来定义或描写其占有者的特性.

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Pericarp thickness is an important quality trait of sweet corn, which decides seed tenderness directly.
甜玉米果皮厚度直接决定了子粒的柔嫩度,果皮越厚, 柔嫩度越差.

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Some may think of the personality as a genetic trait.
有些人会认为人格作为遗传特性而存在.

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But what distinguished the physician's ecstasy from Satan's was the trait of wonder in it!
不过,那医生的狂喜同撒旦的区别在于,其中尚有惊奇的成分!

英汉文学 - 红字

Most hounds share the common ancestral trait of being used for hunting.
所有狩猎犬的祖先都有一个共同的特点:用于狩猎.

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Then the composition, trait, function, the principle of working and signal structure of Compass is analyzed.
然后,分析了北斗导航定位系统的组成 、 特点 、 功能 、 工作原理及其信号结构.

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A personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion.
中向性格一种包括内向和外向的性格特征.

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Confidence isn't an inhertited trait, it's a learned one.
自信并非来自遗传, 而是成于后天.

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In the same litter, you also will produce a dominant version of the trait.
在同一个垃圾, 你也将产生一个主要版本的特质.

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During this period, the trait of Genoese history can be described as: war and expansion.
在这一时期热那亚历史的主要特点是: 势力不断削弱, 国家几经沦丧.

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An instance in 1956 best illustrates this special trait of his.
1965年的一件事就充分体现了他的这一特性.

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Intelligence is a quantitative trait.
智力是一种数量性状.

辞典例句

In the end, we suggest using dynamic loading to realize the trait of applications oriented system.
最后, 提出用动态加载来支持面向应用的特性的实现.

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This paper about the range, trait and principium the application of the xylanase in food.
本研究就木聚糖酶在食品中的应用范围 、 作用特点及其机理进行了简要的阐述.

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Generosity is her best trait.
宽宏大量是她的最佳品质.

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Are you disguising a trait, or have you buried an event from your past?
你正在掩饰某个特征, 还是试图埋葬过去?

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It is a national trait, and they view it nota weakness but a virtue.
那是一种民族特性, 他们认为,那是种美德而不是弱点.

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The CV of each trait was calculated.
4计算各性状的变异系数(coefficientofvariation,CV).

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Researchers are just beginning to tease apart this complex trait and its relation to health.
研究者们正开始梳理分析这一复杂的特性及其与健康的关系.

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