英语词汇“aberrant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Use the adjective aberrant to describe unusual conduct. Sitting in a bathtub and singing show tunes all day long might be considered aberrant behavior.

For conduct that departs from the norm, aberrant is at hand to describe it if you want to set a formal, or even scientific tone to the discussion. You can put the accent on either the first syllable (AB-er-ent) or the second (uh-BER-ent); both pronunciations are acceptable. The Latin root aberrare means "to go astray," from the prefix ab- "off, away" plus errare "to wander." Other descendants of errare in English, like error and errant, have that double -r- and also refer to something that's either not wanted or not expected.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

abhorrent / aberrant

Abhorrent describes something truly horrible like finding a dead rat in your soup, but something aberrant is just abnormal, like a cat in a pink fedora.

Abhorrent means disgusting or detestable. When you abhor something, you loathe it. Its Latin root means, "to shudder, recoil," which is what you do when faced with something abhorrent like a zombie, or or in these examples:

She said sanitary conditions in the emergency room were abhorrent. (Seattle Times)

If I thought monarchy abhorrent, for example, I would not seek British citizenship. (Washington Times)

Aberrant (no "h") means unusual, straying from a defined path. It's not necessarily nasty. It's from the Latin, aberrantem, "wandering away." It's related to err, a mistake, through Old French and Latin. If a behavior is aberrant, it's just not normal:

Weeks ago the nation witnessed the culmination of aberrant fan behavior when Bryan Stow was beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. (Newsweek)

Upstairs the show gives way to delicious aberrant moments, like the gallery kitted out in beige walls and chunky red molding. (New York Times)

Illinois citizens will be subjected to another round of descriptions of aberrant behavior by a governor who freely dropped the f-bomb. (Quad-City Times)

If you can remember that the err in aberrant indicates an error and that you abhor something that is abhorrent, your word choice will be neither aberrant nor abhorrent. Wearing a feather boa to a funeral? Aberrant. Stealing the body? Abhorrent.

WORD FAMILY

aberrant: aberrancy, aberrantly, aberrants+/aberrancy: aberrancies

USAGE EXAMPLES

Regular season aberrant results are one thing, though – this was a season-ending catastrophe.

The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016)

His well-documented cruelty made little difference, even when acknowledged, for he was judged according to some aberrant ethical code that defied logic.

Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016)

The correlation between altered activity and cognitive performance suggests that these aberrant patterns of activity might be directly related to memory impairment.

Nature(Nov 08, 2016)

1adj markedly different from an accepted norm

aberrant behavior

Syn

deviant, deviate
abnormal, unnatural

not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

2n one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

Hyper

anomaly, unusual person

a person who is unusual

单词	aberrant
释义	aberrant (once / 25639 pages) adjn Use the adjective aberrant to describe unusual conduct. Sitting in a bathtub and singing show tunes all day long might be considered aberrant behavior. For conduct that departs from the norm, aberrant is at hand to describe it if you want to set a formal, or even scientific tone to the discussion. You can put the accent on either the first syllable (AB-er-ent) or the second (uh-BER-ent); both pronunciations are acceptable. The Latin root aberrare means "to go astray," from the prefix ab- "off, away" plus errare "to wander." Other descendants of errare in English, like error and errant, have that double -r- and also refer to something that's either not wanted or not expected. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS abhorrent / aberrant Abhorrent describes something truly horrible like finding a dead rat in your soup, but something aberrant is just abnormal, like a cat in a pink fedora. Abhorrent means disgusting or detestable. When you abhor something, you loathe it. Its Latin root means, "to shudder, recoil," which is what you do when faced with something abhorrent like a zombie, or or in these examples: She said sanitary conditions in the emergency room were abhorrent. (Seattle Times) If I thought monarchy abhorrent, for example, I would not seek British citizenship. (Washington Times) Aberrant (no "h") means unusual, straying from a defined path. It's not necessarily nasty. It's from the Latin, aberrantem, "wandering away." It's related to err, a mistake, through Old French and Latin. If a behavior is aberrant, it's just not normal: Weeks ago the nation witnessed the culmination of aberrant fan behavior when Bryan Stow was beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. (Newsweek) Upstairs the show gives way to delicious aberrant moments, like the gallery kitted out in beige walls and chunky red molding. (New York Times) Illinois citizens will be subjected to another round of descriptions of aberrant behavior by a governor who freely dropped the f-bomb. (Quad-City Times) If you can remember that the err in aberrant indicates an error and that you abhor something that is abhorrent, your word choice will be neither aberrant nor abhorrent. Wearing a feather boa to a funeral? Aberrant. Stealing the body? Abhorrent. WORD FAMILY aberrant: aberrancy, aberrantly, aberrants+/aberrancy: aberrancies USAGE EXAMPLES Regular season aberrant results are one thing, though – this was a season-ending catastrophe. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) His well-documented cruelty made little difference, even when acknowledged, for he was judged according to some aberrant ethical code that defied logic. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) The correlation between altered activity and cognitive performance suggests that these aberrant patterns of activity might be directly related to memory impairment. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj markedly different from an accepted norm aberrant behavior Syn deviant, deviate abnormal, unnatural not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm 2n one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group Hyper anomaly, unusual person a person who is unusual
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