anomalous
adjective /əˈnɒmələs/
/əˈnɑːmələs/
(formal)- 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。
- The 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。
词源mid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōmalos (from an- ‘not’ + homalos ‘even’) + -ous. - He is in an anomalous position as the only part-time worker in the firm.