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Deviant Late Latin De Di:Viənt A.越出常规的 英 Adj

单词 deviant
音标 ['di:viənt]
解释 a.越出常规的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 越出常规的(deviatin g from what is considered normal in a group or for a society)
【记】 de+via(路)+ant→偏 离道路→越轨
【同】 派生词: deviance (n.反常的行为或倾向 )同根词:obviate(排 除)
字源 deviant (adj.)
c.1400, from Late Latin deviantem (nominative devians), present participle of deviare "turn aside," from Latin phrase de via, from de "off" (see de-) + via "way" (see via). The noun meaning "one that deviates" is from late 15c.; in the sexual sense, from 1952; also deviate (n.), recorded since 1912.
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趣味全助记 【记】见deviate

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