quirk

quirk

美 [kwɜrk] 　英 [kwɜː(r)k]

• n.怪癖；怪异的性格（或行为）；（尤指偶发的）怪事
• v.突然扭曲（嘴或眉毛）；撇嘴；扬眉；皱眉
• 网络夸克；奇事；古怪行为

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

罗伦·欧森医生生长在爱荷华州的农业区，一直以来总是觉得自己是“带有一点点怪癖的异性恋者”。

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

布里斯班市长格雷厄姆.夸克说，这项耗资2.15亿美元的翻新工程就是这个城市送给市政厅大楼“最好的生日礼物”。

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

有时，我割裂地来说这些词，看看会不会通过偏离，通过某种物理的突然扭曲，我会突然想出其中的意义。

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.

即使格林斯坦和福尔曼的研究只是个异常现象（我觉得事实并非如此），它仍然指出了一个有趣的问题。

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

同样不合理的怪癖，正在美国房地产市场出现。

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

任何动作，从手臂交叉到拧起眉头，你的人物都在表达他们自己。

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

尽管有着潜在的通胀风险，一个统计特性可能降低将来几个月的核心通胀率。

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

尽管意大利的议会可能富于奇思怪想，不过意大利的政治似乎相当宽容，不计较经济污点。

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

农业专家们也表示，这样罕见的情况实则是大自然的一种变异，如果母鸡在生蛋时受到惊吓，就可能产下异常的鸡蛋。

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

他很怪，把自己的妻子称作史密斯夫人。

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

但是，失去这样一位与众不同的设计夸克是指豹失去它的一些性质。

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

“她摔倒并且是背部着地，”加利福尼亚凡吐拉市快客法律公司的米可拉伊表示，是她的代表律师。

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

经过20多年的研究，德韦克认为心态并不是一个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.

有关坏情绪的标准理论源于心理学上的“自我损耗”。

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，新研究表明委员会的计划将使那些反对呼声最高的国家获益。

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

在英语里某个明显的讽语，在设问之时就提出了指责。

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

第二天的事让我想起了法国文化中的另一点怪异之处———他们的英文真是不怎么样。

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

管理怪癖：提高办公桌脚使得他可以站着办公和使用电脑。

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

这是人类一种奇怪的思维习惯，我们会把对事物某一方面产生的强烈印象套用在对该事物其他方面的评价中。

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

无论如何，这看起来都是生物学上的一个巧合，而不是植物疾病传染给动物的必然演化过程。

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.

假设您发现工资单系统存在一个漏洞，在分配办公空间之前将无法添加新员工。

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

紧迫？匆忙？你会不顾一切地花费更多。信息商业都在利用大脑这一古怪行为。

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

差异邀请你去反思在这个陌生的点上，用另一种方式，以查看在你的关系中的那些不同。

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

命运的安排让这对失散多年的恋人搭上了同一班飞机。

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

但迈阿密戴德县有个奇怪的法律规定——禁止他搬家。

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

它也反映了夏皮罗一件鲜为人知的奇事：她大学念的是社会人类学。

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

最奇怪的是，磁星竟然拥有极强的磁场。

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.

一个奇怪的问题是，中国如何计算出的配额那意味着2吨配额必须用于出口1吨稀土合金。

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

研究表明人们喜欢喝更甜的饮料，吃更多甜食，而且能消耗更多的卡路里，是由于基因的变异。

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

但是，现在由于法律上的奇怪之处，对欠债不还的讨论也不仅仅局限在大西洋的欧洲一边了。

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

在长达一周的会议期间，其它几家手机制造商用这种或那种方式介绍了自己的手机配置。

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

拉涅利和格兰特都是从老特拉福德开始他们的切尔西教练之路的，奇怪的巧合。

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

不过，这种做法并不完全是心理怪癖的结果。

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

夸克说，整个行业的交易量都在下降。

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

要不然的话，这就可能只是一种有趣的个性（或许对你的邻居来说不是那么有趣）。

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

量子物理的一种反常现象可以让某种气体的温度达到绝对零度以下

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，哪种怪癖的人性正在阻碍我们呢？保险公司（和政府）应该采取什么做法，将我们引向一个更为理智的方向呢？

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

体制的尴尬之处使得选票的总体公正性也受到质疑。

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

科学家发现，宽吻海豚有一种奇特的生物特性，该发现也许会为人类带来一种治疗迟发性糖尿病的新方法。

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

由于命运的捉弄，他又突患眼疾，则进而为他的失败推波助澜。