ADJ-GRADED 挑食的;偏食的 If you describe someone as faddy, you mean that they have very strong likes and dislikes, especially about what they eat, which you think are rather silly.
Most kids will go through a phase of being faddy about what they eat. 大多数孩子都会经历挑食的阶段。
I was a really faddy eater when I was young. 我年轻时十分挑食。
I once gave a talk to a delegation of Danish students in which I advocated careful measurement of results, on the grounds that a lot of development spending is faddy and based on sketchy evidence. 在一次面向丹麦学生代表团的讲话中,我曾经倡导仔细衡量结果,理由是许多开发支出都是为了赶时髦,所恃证据并不充分。
Analysis of faddy loanwords in modern Chinese language 现代汉语时尚外来词例说
A Probe in the Social Pragmatic Psychology of Faddy Short Messages 时尚短信的社会语用心理探析
Effects of Tillage on P status in faddy soils 耕作对水稻土磷素的影响研究