deviant

adjective
🔊/ˈdiːviənt/
🔊/ˈdiːviənt/
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  1. different from what most people consider to be normal and acceptable不正常的;异常的;偏离常轨的
    • deviant behaviour/sexuality偏常行为/性行为
    Extra Examples
    • In the case of sex crimes newspapers typically focus on the criminal and deviant character of the accused.在性犯罪的情况下,报纸通常着重于被告的犯罪和过失特征。
    • Not all deviant behaviour is criminal.偏常行为不一定就是犯罪。
    • Self-assertive behaviour was labelled as dangerous, anti-social and deviant.自我鼓吹的行为被标记为危险,反社会和越轨行为。
    • Such practices were regarded as sexually deviant.这种做法被认为是性偏见。
    • The author discusses the images of deviant women in folklore and myth.作者讨论了民间文学艺术和神话中妇女的形象异常。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeviant is used with these nouns:
    • behaviour
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin deviant- ‘turning out of the way’, from the verb deviare, from de- ‘away from’ + via ‘way’.

deviant

noun
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  1. a person who behaves differently from what most people to consider to be normal and acceptable不正常的;异常的;偏离常轨的
    • sexual deviants性偏离者