egregious
发音
英 [ɪˈgri:dʒiəs]
美 [ɪˈɡridʒəs, -dʒiəs]
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- adj.
- 极坏的，异乎寻常的
单词词源
egregious 极坏的
e-, 向外。-greg, 群，集中，词源同yard, gregarious. 原义为鹤立鸡群的，极好的，现义贬义化。参照拉丁文egregium, 非凡，伟业。
双语例句
- 1. Why do german economists not complain more about this egregious failure ?
- 为何德国的经济学家不更多抱怨这一令人震惊的失败？
- 2. The most egregious excessive bonus payouts now include a tenuous link to performance .
- 最令人震惊的高额奖金支付，现在也开始空洞地与绩效挂钩。
- 3. The most egregious recent example : so-called affordable housing policies to enable as many americans as possible to own their homes .
- 最令人震惊的一个最近的例子就是通过所谓的买得起住房政策来使最大多数的美国人拥有自己的房子。
- 4. Funny thing is , when we recently closed one of the most egregious loopholes for companies creating jobs overseas , republicans in congress were almost unanimously opposed .
- 有趣的是，当我们最近修正一个鼓励公司海外创造就业这一最令人震惊的漏洞时，国会中的共和党却几乎一致反对。
- 5. It is also a means of flushing out egregious corruption or other misdemeanours by local officials who , far from the watchful eye of beijing , may be abusing power .
- 这也是一种铲除地方官员令人震惊的腐败或其它不法行为的办法，这些官员远离中央政府的监控，可能在滥用权力。