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anomaly

/uh-nom-uh-lee/US // əˈnɒm ə li //UK // (əˈnɒməlɪ) //

反常现象,异常情况,异常现象,异常点

Related Words

deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离abnormality畸形,畸形现象,异常情况,异常现象oddity怪事,奇怪的事情,奇怪的事,奇特的事物aberration畸变,色差,偏差,畸形rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有irregularity违规行为,违规现象,违规,不规则性inconsistency矛盾的地方,不一致,矛盾性,矛盾exception例外,例外情况,除外,异常incongruity不协调性,不协调,不一致的地方,不一致departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时peculiarity特异性,独特之处,特殊性,独特的地方eccentricity偏心率,偏心,偏心度,偏心量unorthodoxy非正统的,非正统,非正统观念,非正统派unconformity不合时宜,不吻合,不一致,不符合规定

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·nom·a·lies.

    • : a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
    • : an anomalous person or thing; one that is abnormal or does not fit in: With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family.
    • : an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
    • : an incongruity or inconsistency.
    • : Astronomy. a quantity measured in degrees, defining the position of an orbiting body with respect to the point at which it is nearest to or farthest from its primary.
    • : Meteorology. the amount of deviation of a meteorological quantity from the accepted normal value of that quantity.
    • : Grammar. irregularity.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundeviation from normal, usual
Forms: anomalies
Synonyms
aberration畸变,色差,偏差,畸形abnormality畸形,畸形现象,异常情况,异常现象deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离inconsistency矛盾的地方,不一致,矛盾性,矛盾irregularity违规行为,违规现象,违规,不规则性oddity怪事,奇怪的事情,奇怪的事,奇特的事物rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时eccentricity偏心率,偏心,偏心度,偏心量exception例外,例外情况,除外,异常incongruity不协调性,不协调,不一致的地方,不一致peculiarity特异性,独特之处,特殊性,独特的地方unorthodoxy非正统的,非正统,非正统观念,非正统派unconformity不合时宜,不吻合,不一致,不符合规定

Examples

  • The reason for these conditions may be a rare climate anomaly that persisted for six years, new research indicates.

  • You can’t have these anomalies persist very long before someone figures it out.

  • Due to changes in immigration laws in the 1960s, it’s not much of an anomaly today.

  • The anomaly was so marked that the region’s heat wave would represent a 1 in 100,000 year event — at least in a world without climate change, climate scientist Martin Stendel of the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, tweeted on June 9.

  • South Asia appears to be an anomaly in the pandemic due to inefficient epidemiological data, according to experts.

  • The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed BritainBy Tim Teeman Lady Grantham of ‘Downton Abbey’ is far from an anomaly.

  • Recovery from a long-term eating disorder is a bit of a statistical anomaly.

  • And because of this anomaly, authenticators concluded it was not an original.

  • “What I see in the pictures is to a large extent an anomaly to the culture of the Syrian army,” he said.

  • One anomaly of this past holiday mayhem is that a significant number of the shootings were not gang-related.

  • But the testimony is scarcely ever found to stand that test, in cases in which the anomaly is not real.

  • "Your speech is an anomaly, Mr. Mole," responded Jack, mimicking the voice of his tutor in his happiest manner.

  • A man possessed of a new idea is an anomaly, a something that may not be impossible, but which has never appeared.

  • But the Maine law, which permits the importation of liquor into the state, whilst it prohibits its sale, is a useless anomaly.

  • A giant with the tastes and disposition of a schoolgirl was an anomaly in a Swiss village.

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