ab·er·ra·tion
noun/ˌæbəˈreɪʃn/
/ˌæbəˈreɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable
脱离常规；反常现象；异常行为 - a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind
他疲惫不堪的头脑暂时失常 - A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast.
没有孩子的女人被认为是一种反常现象，几乎是社会的弃儿。
Extra Examples- Economists dismissed last month's jump in inflation as an aberration.
经济学家认为上个月通胀飙升是一种反常现象。 - It was a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind.
这是他疲惫不堪的头脑的暂时失常。 - It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part.
我只不过是有些精神错乱。 - They claimed he was a caring parent who had used violence in a moment of aberration.
他们称他是个好父亲，只是因一时冲动使用了暴力。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin aberratio(n-), from aberrare ‘to stray’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + errare ‘to stray’. - a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind