errant + noun
errant 常修饰表示人或其行为的名词。
The errant knight wandered through the forest.
那位游侠骑士在森林里漫游。
偏离正道的;行为不当的;犯错的
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偏离正道的;行为不当的;犯错的
Straying from the correct course or accepted standards; behaving wrongly.
The errant knight wandered through the forest.
那位游侠骑士在森林里漫游。
偏离正确路线或标准的,或超出既定范围的。
Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
偏离正轨的;出格的
straying from the right course or from accepted standards
四处游荡的;漫游的。
Roving around; wandering.
不规则或不可预测的运动
uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
The errant golf ball landed in the neighbor's pool.
那个偏离方向的高尔夫球落在了邻居的游泳池里。
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An errant knight wandered through the forest, seeking adventure.
一位漫游的骑士穿过森林,寻找冒险。
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The teacher corrected the errant student who had been disrupting the class.
老师纠正了那个行为不当、扰乱课堂的学生。
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errant youngsters
误入歧途的年轻人
WordNet
errant 常修饰表示人或其行为的名词。
The errant knight wandered through the forest.
那位游侠骑士在森林里漫游。
His errant behavior caused concern among his friends.
他的越轨行为引起了朋友们的担忧。
errant 可修饰抽象名词如 thought, idea 等,表示偏离主题或不合时宜。
She tried to focus, but errant thoughts kept intruding.
她试图集中注意力,但杂念不断涌入。
Not this
I made an errant.
Use this
I made an error.
将形容词"errant"误当作名词使用,表示"错误";应使用名词"error"。
Not this
He erranted from the path.
Use this
He strayed from the path.
将形容词"errant"误当作动词使用,添加了-ed后缀;应使用动词"stray"表示偏离。
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游侠骑士;四处漫游的骑士
The tale follows an errant knight who roams the land helping the helpless.
这个传说讲述了一位游侠骑士,他在各地游历,帮助无助的人。
不守规矩的孩子;行为出格的孩子
The exasperated mother finally managed to settle her errant child down for a nap.
那位恼火的母亲终于设法让不守规矩的孩子安静下来午睡。
偏离目标的一击;失误的一球
His errant shot flew wide of the goal and struck the advertising boards.
他偏离目标的一脚射门飞出了球门,撞上了广告牌。
出轨的丈夫;不忠的丈夫
After years of silence, the errant husband returned home hoping to reconcile.
多年沉默之后,那位出轨的丈夫回到家中,希望能和解。
走神的念头;杂念
She forced herself to focus, pushing the errant thought about her finances aside.
她强迫自己集中注意力,把关于财务的杂念抛到一边。
游侠骑士;寻求冒险的骑士
He saw himself as a modern knight errant, righting wrongs wherever he went.
他把自己看作现代的游侠骑士,走到哪里都伸张正义。
为了某个理由而发疯的游侠骑士不值得称赞;关键在于毫无理由地发疯。
In Cervantes' Don Quixote, the errant knight's irrational chivalry becomes a timeless satire of idealism.
在塞万提斯的《堂吉诃德》中,这位游侠骑士不理智的骑士精神成为对理想主义的永恒讽刺。
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err=犯错,ant=蚂蚁:想象一只犯了错、乱爬乱逛的蚂蚁,偏离了正道。
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、literary narrative、technical/scientific description errant 多用于正式或书面语境,较常出现在文学描述及正式论述中;日常口语里较少单独使用。在技术或科学描写中,它可表示“偏离预期路径”或“不受控的”,属较正式的用法。
真正押韵的词是 aberrant /æˈbɛrənt/(重音在 -errant 上)。errand /ˈɛrənd/ 只是结尾辅音不同,非常接近但不押韵;error /ˈɛrər/、err /ɛr/ 只是开头拼写相同,arrant /ˈærənt/ 和 warrant /ˈwɔːrənt/ 的元音也与 errant 不同,所以这些都不押韵。
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