ab·er·rant
adjective/əˈberənt/, /ˈæbərənt/
/əˈberənt/, /ˈæbərənt/
- (formal) not usual or not socially acceptable
违反常规的;反常的;异常的 - The aim is to find the cause of the child's aberrant behaviour.
目的是找出孩子异常行为的原因。
Extra Examples- The waiter's manner suggested that vegetarianism was aberrant and therefore embarrassing.
服务员的态度表明素食主义是不正常的,因此令人尴尬。 - The word ‘street’ as in ‘street crime’ is used as a metaphor for what is aberrant and fearful in the light of social norms.
“街头犯罪”中的“街头”一词被用作社会规范中异常和可怕事物的隐喻。
- The aim is to find the cause of the child's aberrant behaviour.
- (biology) being or becoming different from the normal type
异常:与正常类型不同或变得不同 - aberrant chromosomes
畸变染色体。
- aberrant chromosomes
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin aberrant- ‘wandering away’, from the verb aberrare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + errare ‘to stray’.