癖

[pǐ]

英语翻译

癖[pǐ]

癖pǐ（ㄆ一ˇ）

⒈ 对事物的偏爱成为习惯：癖习。癖好（hào ）。癖性。癖爱。癖痼（久治不愈的疾病）。洁癖。

⒉ 中医指饮水不消的病。

⒊ 古同“痞”，痞块。

addiction、hobby

形声：从疒、辟声

craving, weakness for; indigestion

◎ 癖 pǐ

〈名〉

(1) 潜匿在两胁间的积块。中医分为食癖、饮癖、寒癖、痰癖、血癖等 [chronic swelling of the spleen]。如：癖痼(积久难治的病)

(2) 嗜好 [addiction；weakness for]。如：癖症(犹癖性)

在坏伙伴的诱使下，杰克染上了吸毒癖。
Jack, mislead by bad companion, get into the drug habit.
他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。
He may be characterized as a man of hobbies.
克劳德或许不过是个骗子，他的虚荣、野心和才智使他在世上恶人中争得魁首之名：有残忍癖，总能爬上顶端。
Claude was probably a humbug, whose vanity, ambition, and intelligence led him to carve out a niche as the wickedest man in the world; there is always room for a sadist at the top.