| 单词 | anomalous |
| 释义 | anomalous (once / 3932 pages) adj Something that deviates from the norm is anomalous. Something anomalous can be good, such as an exciting new direction in music or art. But that anomalously low score on your math test? Not so good. To find the origins of the word anomalous we can go back to the Greek anṓmalos, meaning "uneven or irregular." Something that is anomalous is not just different; it is also unexpected, and may even be completely inconsistent with the norm. For example, the recent discovery of ice, and therefore water, on the moon was anomalous to all previous ideas that the moon was lifeless. . WORD FAMILYanomalous: anomalously, anomalousness+/anomaly: anomalies, anomalist, anomalous USAGE EXAMPLESIn this temporally anomalous wasteland everything existential emerges through the physical: a bit of soccer, a lot of sex, still more violence. The New Yorker(Nov 28, 2016) “Research by the Government Accountability Institute shows that Secretary Clinton’s email record contains anomalous patterns in her email history,” the report says. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) “Today’s latest #Arctic mean temperature continues to move the wrong direction . . . up. Quite an anomalous spike!,” Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) adj deviating from the general or common order or type advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe Syn abnormal, unnatural not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm |
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