have a tendency to/towards sth.有做某事的倾向 19. attribute (1)vt. to regard sth as belonging to, caused by or produced by sb/sth We attribute courage to the lion and cunning to the fox. 艾丽思的成功归功于她的聪明和勤奋 (FAlice's success should be attributed to her intelligence and hard work.) (2)n. a quality considered as belonging to a person or thing: characteristic Patience is an attribute of a good teacher. 名好经理应该具备何种素质? (What attributes should a good manager possess?) 20. peculiarity: n. sth. that is a feature of only one particular place, situation etc We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once. She was well aware of the peculiarity of her own situation CF: peculiarity, trait attribute 这些名词均有“特性”、“特点”、“品质”之意。 peculiarity指人或事物独具的或奇怪的特点,常带感情色彩。 trat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 attribute通常指好的或有用的特征、品质 (Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary (1)Courage, love, patience and common sense are desirable (traits) (2)One of his is that his two eyes are not the same color. (peculiarities) (3)He possesses the essential of a journalist. attributes) 1. hostility: n. unfriend liness; opposition The guard dog showed signs of hostility toward the newcomers Recently there has been hostility towards the prime Minister from members of his own party. Collocations open hostility 公开的敌意 They eyed each other with open hostility.他们带着明显的敌意注视对have a tendency to/towards sth. 有做某事的倾向 19. attribute: (1) vt. to regard sth. as belonging to, caused by or produced by sb./sth. *We attribute courage to the lion and cunning to the fox. 艾丽思的成功归功于她的聪明和勤奋。 (=Alice's success should be attributed to her intelligence and hard work.) (2) n. a quality considered as belonging to a person or thing; characteristic. *Patience is an attribute of a good teacher. 一名好经理应该具备何种素质？ (=What attributes should a good manager possess?) 20. peculiarity: n. sth. that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc *We noticed the peculiarity of his manner at once. *She was well aware of the peculiarity of her own situation. CF: peculiarity, trait & attribute 这些名词均有“特性”、“特点”、“品质”之意。 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 通常指好的或有用的特征、品质。 (Directions:) Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. (1) Courage, love, patience and common sense are desirable ________. (=traits) (2) One of his ________ is that his two eyes are not the same color. (=peculiarities) (3) He possesses the essential ________ of a journalist. (=attributes) 21. hostility: n. unfriendliness; opposition. *The guard dog showed signs of hostility toward the newcomers. (=Recently there has been hostility towards the Prime Minister from members of his own party.) Collocations: open hostility 公开的敌意 *They eyed each other with open hostility. 他们带着明显的敌意注视对