novelty
英 ['nɒv(ə)ltɪ]
美 ['nɑvlti]
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novelty 新奇，新颖来自拉丁语novus,新的，词源同new,-ty,名词后缀。引申词义新奇，新颖。
- novelty (n.)
- late 14c., "quality of being new," also "a new manner or fashion, an innovation; something new or unusual," from Old French noveleté "newness, innovation, change; news, new fashion" (Modern French nouveauté), from novel "new" (see novel (adj.)). Meaning "newness" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "useless but amusing object" is attested from 1901 (as in novelty shop, 1973).
- 1. They're treating it like a game, a novelty. That's got to stop.
- 他们把这件事当成了一个游戏，觉得很新鲜。不能再那样下去了。
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- 2. Having a mid-morning party certainly adds novelty value.
- 在上午10点左右开派对一定会增加新鲜感。
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- 3. There's a certain novelty value in this approach.
- 这种方法有一定的新意。
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- 4. My mother bought a novelty pen for me.
- 我妈给我买了一支新颖的笔.
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- 5. When you realise they are singing the same songs over again, the novelty wears off.
- 当你意识到他们开始从头演唱同样的歌曲时，新鲜感也就没有了。
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