English Dictionary

eclectic

IPA（発音記号）

/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/

形容詞

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. / Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

日本語の意味

さまざまな思想、方法、または様式の中から最良と思われる要素を取り入れた、折衷的な様相をもつ。 / 特定の分野に偏らず、異なる要素が混在し、多岐にわたる特徴を有する。

Her eclectic taste in music ranged from baroque concertos to indie electronica.

彼女の折衷的な音楽の趣味は、バロックの協奏曲からインディー系エレクトロニカまで及んでいた。

意味（1）

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.

意味（2）

Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.

more eclectic （ comparative ）

most eclectic （ superlative ）