egregious
英 [ɪ'griːdʒəs]
美 [ɪ'gridʒɪəs]
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1. e- "ex-, out of" + gregi- + -ous.
2. 其本意為：rising above the flock, 用咱們漢語成語形象地形容就是“鶴立雞群”的意思。
3. 然後含義由此引申為：傑出的，突出的，卓越的；後來這層含義成為了古語，其含義進一步引申為表示：極壞的，極惡劣的，令人震驚的，異乎尋常的；也就是表示貶義的那種“鶴立雞群”。
中文詞源
egregious 極壞的e-, 向外。-greg, 群，集中，詞源同yard, gregarious. 原義為鶴立雞群的，極好的，現義貶義化。參照拉丁文egregium, 非凡，偉業。
英文詞源
- egregious
- egregious: see segregate
- egregious (adj.)
- 1530s, "distinguished, eminent, excellent," from Latin egregius "distinguished, excellent, extraordinary," from the phrase ex grege "rising above the flock," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious).
Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose late 16c., originally ironic. It is not in the Latin word, which etymologically means simply "exceptional." Related: Egregiously; egregiousness.
雙語例句
- 1. When it comes to blatant lies, there are none more egregious than budget figures
- 談到公眾謊言，沒有比預算數字更令人震驚的
來自辭典例句
- 2. At worst some egregious minion had conducted a childish private enterprise.
- 這最多也不過是一批低能的小人物自己幹的無聊把戲而已.
來自辭典例句
- 3. What an egregious example was here !
- 現擺著一個多麽觸目驚心的例子 啊 !
來自辭典例句
- 4. None of this excuses his egregious, almost maniacal, tactics and his total insensity to our necessities.
- 這些都不能開脫他那種極端的, 近乎瘋狂的策略,以及他對我們的需要全不照顧的態度.
來自辭典例句
- 5. That on the outer side was, one may say, on an egregious scale.
- 外邊的那座可以說是規模異乎尋常.
來自辭典例句