egregious
a. 异乎寻常的, 过分的, 惊人的
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教材释义与例句
惊人的；过分的；恶名昭彰的
释义与例句
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1.
Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
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2.
Outrageously bad; shocking.
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From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
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