anomaly
noun[CorU]
formaluk/əˈnɒm.ə.li/us/əˈnɑː.mə.li/apersonor thing that is different from what isusual, or not inagreementwith somethingelseandthereforenotsatisfactory:
异常的人(或事物);不规则;(同一种类中的)畸形Statistical anomalies can make itdifficulttocompareeconomicdatafrom oneyearto the next.统计上的不规范会使年与年之间的经济数据难以互相比较。
The anomaly of thesocialsecuritysystemis that you sometimes have moremoneywithout ajob.社会保障制度下的反常现象是,失业有时反而拿钱更多。
Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- anti-alien
- Bermuda Triangle
- corn circle
- crop circle
- eccentric
- fairy
- flake
- kryptonite
- loiterer
- Martian
- masochist
- miracle
- mutant
- pervert
- sociopath
- space cadet
- taniwha
- Tardis
- time traveller