egregious
/ɪˈgriːdʒɪəs/adjective
1
- outstandingly bad; shocking极坏的; 令人震惊的：
egregious abuses of copyright.
令人震惊的侵犯版权行为。
2
- archaic remarkably good.〈古〉卓越的, 极好的。
派生词
egregiously
adverbegregiousness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin egregius 'illustrious', literally 'standing out from the flock', from ex- 'out' + grex, greg- 'flock'. The derogatory sense （late 16th cent.） probably arose as an ironical use.