/ɪk`sєpʃәnḷ/ /ɪk`sєpʃnәl/ Unusual; uncommon; rare; extraordinary. 非常的；不寻常的；鲜有的；出乎寻常的。 Exceptional and exceptionable are often confused, but they have nothing in common. Exceptional 及 exceptionable 常为人搞混，其实两字绝然不同。 Exceptional means unusual or out of the ordinary, usually with the idea of superiority. Exception 指异乎寻常的，常带优秀卓越之意： exceptional ability 非常之才能。 Exceptionable means objectionable or open to disapproval. Exceptionable 系指可遭反对或非难的： The book is small but not otherwise exceptionable. 此书除式样过小外，别无可以挑剔之处。 exceptionable, remarkable, signal, rare. |