a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable 脱离常规;反常现象;异常行为 a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind 他疲惫的心灵的暂时失常 A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast. 一个没有孩子的女人被认为是一个异类,几乎是一个社会弃儿。
Extra ExamplesEconomists dismissed last month's jump in inflation as an aberration. 经济学家认为上个月的通胀飙升是一种反常现象。 It was a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind. 这是他疲惫的心灵的暂时失常。 It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part. 我只不过是有些精神错乱。 They claimed he was a caring parent who had used violence in a moment of aberration. 他们称他是个好父亲,只是因一时冲动使用了暴力。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin aberratio(n-), from aberrare ‘to stray’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + errare ‘to stray’.