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英语单词 egregious
英美音标 [i'gri:dʒəs]
中文释义 adj.异乎寻常的,过分的,惊人的
vocab简明 Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game.
vocab扩展 My massage therapist gave me bruises, someone complained recently on Twitter, asking, "When does it cease to be deep tissue massage therapy and become egregious and unabashed manhandling?" An egregious error is hardly forgivable. Some synonyms are shocking, appalling, and intolerable. The word has made a 180-degree turn from its original sense in Latin, when it meant "exceptionally good." Word historians have speculated that the negative usage was originally meant to be ironic, but it is the only sense that has survived. Be careful not to use it to mean "outstanding," since no one wants to be called egregious.
真题原句 Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极坏的;极差的;极其恶劣的 Egregious means very bad indeed.
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  • ...the most egregious abuses of human rights.

    对人权的严重践踏

来源 2012.4

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