单词 | aberration |
释义 | aberration (æbəreɪʃən ) Word forms: aberrations 1. variable noun An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. [formal] It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration. Synonyms: anomaly, exception, defect, abnormality 2. variable noun If someone considers a person or their behaviour to be an aberration, they think that they are strange and not socially acceptable. [formal, disapproval] Single people are treated as an aberration and made to pay a supplement. Synonyms: oddity, abnormality, rarity, eccentricity Collocations: temporary aberration As long as there was a possibility of one of them succeeding him, his opponents saw his rule as only a temporary aberration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Shale oil and gas are not temporary aberrations, but permanent facts on the ground. Times, Sunday Times His victories - and there were many, including two world titles - were less like episodes of deliverance and more akin to temporary aberrations in an otherwise inexorable descent into selfdestruction. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 失常 Japanese: 奇行 |
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