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

adj

Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game.

"My massage therapist gave me bruises," someone complained recently on Twitter, asking, "When does it cease to be deep tissue massage therapy and become egregious and unabashed manhandling?" An egregious error is hardly forgivable. Some synonyms are shocking, appalling, and intolerable. The word has made a 180-degree turn from its original sense in Latin, when it meant "exceptionally good." Word historians have speculated that the negative usage was originally meant to be ironic, but it is the only sense that has survived. Be careful not to use it to mean "outstanding," since no one wants to be called egregious.

WORD FAMILY

egregious: egregiously

USAGE EXAMPLES

That resulted in an egregious turnover; the pass was intercepted by P.A.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

Beam believes Wilson’s most egregious transgression was assuming he understood the forces that shaped Nabokov, a presumption Nabokov found repellent.

Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016)

Late Monday, McCrory signed House Bill 17, which was part of the legislature’s egregious power-grab in its special session last week.

Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016)

adj conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

an egregious lie

Syn

crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
conspicuous

obvious to the eye or mind

单词	egregious
释义	egregious (once / 4086 pages) adj Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game. "My massage therapist gave me bruises," someone complained recently on Twitter, asking, "When does it cease to be deep tissue massage therapy and become egregious and unabashed manhandling?" An egregious error is hardly forgivable. Some synonyms are shocking, appalling, and intolerable. The word has made a 180-degree turn from its original sense in Latin, when it meant "exceptionally good." Word historians have speculated that the negative usage was originally meant to be ironic, but it is the only sense that has survived. Be careful not to use it to mean "outstanding," since no one wants to be called egregious. WORD FAMILY egregious: egregiously USAGE EXAMPLES That resulted in an egregious turnover; the pass was intercepted by P.A. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Beam believes Wilson’s most egregious transgression was assuming he understood the forces that shaped Nabokov, a presumption Nabokov found repellent. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Late Monday, McCrory signed House Bill 17, which was part of the legislature’s egregious power-grab in its special session last week. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible an egregious lie Syn crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank conspicuous obvious to the eye or mind
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