| 单词 | abnormal |
| 释义 | abnormal (once / 871 pages) adj If you get a snowstorm in the middle of July, you could say that you are experiencing “abnormal weather.” Something that is abnormal is out of the ordinary, or not typical. Abnormal is a combination of the Latin prefix ab which means “away from,” and the English word normal. It essentially means “not normal,” or "unusual.” Abnormal implies that whatever is “not normal” is also undesirable. However, abnormal is sometimes used in a positive context. The phrase “abnormal intelligence,” for instance, usually refers to someone with especially high intelligence. WORD FAMILYabnormal: abnormalcy, abnormality, abnormally+/abnormality: abnormalities/normal: abnormal, normalcy, normalise, normality, normalize, normally, normals, subnormal, supernormal/normalcy: normalcies/normalise: normalisation, normalised, normaliser, renormalise/normality: normalities/normalize: normalization, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, normalizing, renormalize/subnormal: subnormality, subnormally, subnormals/subnormality: subnormalities/supernormal: supernormally USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s sad. It’s traumatic. It’s abnormal, and we need to do something about it.” Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) “It’s sad. It’s traumatic. It’s abnormal and we need to do something about it.” Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) It’s not that he decorates with an abnormal amount of lights, just that he repairs the castoffs of others with an uncommon measure of care. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1adj not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm abnormal powers of concentration abnormal amounts of rain abnormal circumstances an abnormal interest in food Syn|Ant unnatural aberrant, deviant, deviate markedly different from an accepted norm anomalousdeviating from the general or common order or type antidromicconducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal atypical, irregulardeviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal brachydactylic, brachydactyloushaving abnormally short finger or toes defectivemarkedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior freakishcharacteristic of a freak kinky, perverted(used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes subnormalbelow normal or average supernormalexceeding the normal or average vicariousoccurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function insaneafflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal average, meanapproximating the statistical norm or average or expected value average, medianrelating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) average, modalrelating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution naturalfunctioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies regularnot deviating from what is normal typicalconforming to a type sanementally healthy; free from mental disorder standardconforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind 2adj departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal an abnormal personality Syn|Ant exceptional deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence normal being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development 3adj much greater than the normal abnormal profits abnormal ambition Syn immoderate beyond reasonable limits |
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