【aberration】 - SAT备考词汇

aberration

UK:  [ˌæbə'reɪʃ(ə)n]

复数：aberrations  

n.

1.偏差,越轨,错乱;一时的记错;【法律】过失

2.【医学】乖常,失常;【生物学】畸变,变型

3.【物理学】像差;【天文学】光行差

4.反常;偏离正道

5.像色差

6.不顺行

7.轻度的心理失常

8.精神迷乱

9.误差

10.迷路

11.变形

12.变种

13.星移

1 . One of the principal limitations of these lenses is abundant chromatic aberration that prohibits broadband use without design compensation.
用作透镜，在原理上色差非常大，若不在设计上做出补偿，则会限制其在宽波段上使用。

2 . For most of the last century it was thought to be an aberration from the norm that could be "corrected" , rather than a natural state.
在上个世纪的大半时间里，同性恋被认为是违背常理可以被纠正的，而并非是一种自然状态。

3 . Direct democracy in California is thus an aberration. It has no safeguards against Madison's tyranny of the majority.
因此，加州的直接民主超越常规，它对麦迪逊担心的多数人的暴政没有任何防卫。

4 . In a moment of aberration , he almost agreed to let the younger man move in with him .
他一时糊涂，差点答应让那小子搬进来一起住。

5 . She said Americans want to be judged by what they are as a nation and not by an aberration like the Quran furor.
她说，美国人希望世人能够把美国作为一个国家、而不是以《可兰经》风波这样的异常事件来做出评判。