different from what is normal or expected 异常的;反常的 He is in an anomalous position as the only part-time worker in the firm. 他与众不同,是公司里唯一的兼职人员。 They couldn’t find an explanation for the seemingly anomalous results of the experiment. 他们找不到实验中看似异常的结果的解释。
Extra ExamplesThe legal status of these workers is at first sight rather anomalous. 这些工人的法律地位乍一看相当不正常。 They could find no explanation for the seemingly anomalous data. 他们无法解释那些看似不合情理的数据。 We need to look again at any apparently anomalous cases. 我们需要复查那些明显不符常理的个案。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōmalos (from an- ‘not’ + homalos ‘even’) + -ous.