| 英语单词 | egregious |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪ'ɡriːdʒiəs] 美 [ɪ'ɡriːdʒiəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.恶名昭彰的;过份的;非常的 |
| vocabulary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. |
| vocabulary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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. [usu ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式]
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