egregious

英語

詞源

源自拉丁語 ēgregius，源自e- (「自，從」) + grex (「群，群體」) + 英語形容詞後綴-ous，源自晚期拉丁語後綴-osus (「充滿...的」)，反映了帶有正面色彩的「出類拔萃」。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/, /əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/

• （美國）音頻：

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• 韻部：-iːdʒəs

形容詞

egregious (比較級 more egregious，最高級 most egregious)

1. 嚴重的，劇烈的 （尤帶有負面色彩）

   The student has made egregious errors on the examination.

   學生在考試時犯了很嚴重的錯誤。

   • 16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,

     I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"

   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare All's Well
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 章號 XXXI, 出自 Francesca Carrara. […], 第 III 卷, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC，第 257 頁:

     Good Heaven! when we observe what egregious nonsense other people talk, what woful follies other people commit, sure we must be tempted to turn upon ourselves and ask—"What do I do that is equally silly?"

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   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.

   • 2014年1月21日, Hermione Hoby, 「Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]」, 出自 The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[2]:

     She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ...

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2. 非常壞的，非常糟糕的，駭人聽聞的
   • Template:RQ:Jonson Poetaster

用法說明

負面詞義在16世紀末葉出現，可能是為了諷刺。在那之前指正面的「出類拔萃」，「傑出」。Webster亦給出了古舊詞義「傑出的」，並註解說現代詞義常帶負面色彩（比如「an eregious error」），常前接於表述性名詞，如ass、blunderer、rascal和rogue。意大利語和西班牙語同源詞egregio以及葡萄牙語 egrégio仍保留且僅限於褒義。

衍生詞彙

• egregiously
• egregiousness

相關詞彙

• egregia cum laude

參考資料

• 「egregious」，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.