deviant
英 ['di?v??nt]
美 ['div??nt]
- n. 不正常者；偏移值；變異物
- adj. 不正常的；離經(jīng)叛道的
助記提示
1. de- "off" + via "way" => devi- "turn aside, off the way" + -ant => deviant.
中文詞源
deviant 偏離的de-, 向下，離開。-vi, 路，詞源同way, trivia.
英文詞源
- deviant (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Late Latin deviantem (nominative devians), present participle of deviare "turn aside," from Latin phrase de via, from de "off" (see de-) + via "way" (see via). The noun meaning "one that deviates" is from late 15c.; in the sexual sense, from 1952; also deviate (n.), recorded since 1912.
雙語例句
- 1. Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.
- 當(dāng)然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都會生育出不正常的后代。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Deviant behaviour is one of the features of certain types of mental illness.
- 反常舉動是某些精神疾病的特征之一.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She broke your heart and inadvertently drove men to deviant lifestyles.
- 她會傷害你的心,悄悄的腐蝕你的生活.
來自電影對白
- 4. Wouldn't that demonstrate that she's into deviant sex?
- 難道這沒表現(xiàn)出她與眾不同的性取向 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
- 5. Maternal abandonment causes serious deviant behavior.
- 沒有母愛的孩子會產(chǎn)生嚴(yán)重的變態(tài)行為.
來自電影對白