egregious
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词源[编辑]
源自拉丁語 ēgregius,源自e- (“自,从”) + grex (“群,群体”) + 英语形容词后缀-ous,源自晚期拉丁语后缀-osus (“充满...的”),反映了带有正面色彩的“出类拔萃”。
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egregious (比較級 more egregious,最高級 most egregious)
- 严重的,剧烈的 (尤带有负面色彩)
- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- 学生在考试时犯了很严重的错误。
- 16thC, 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!"
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare All's Well
- Template:RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- 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.
- 2014年1月21日,Hermione Hoby,“Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”,出自 The Daily Telegraph (Review)[2]:
- She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ...
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 非常坏的,非常糟糕的,骇人听闻的
用法说明[编辑]
负面词义在16世纪末叶出现,可能是为了讽刺。在那之前指正面的“出类拔萃”,“杰出”。Webster亦给出了古旧词义“杰出的”,并注解说现代词义常带负面色彩(比如“an eregious error”),常前接于表述性名词,如ass、blunderer、rascal和rogue。意大利语和西班牙语同源词egregio以及葡萄牙語 egrégio仍保留且仅限于褒义。
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- “egregious”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.