Word familyadjectivephenomenalphenomenalisticphenomenologicalnounphenomenalismphenomenalistphenomenalityphenomenismphenomenistphenomenologistphenomenonphenomenologyverbphenomenalizephenomenizeadverbphenomenally
2.UNUSUALsomething or someone that is very unusual because of a rare quality or ability that they have 非凡的人[事物];奇才;奇事
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a new phenomenon
The idea that we may be able to live forever is is not a new phenomenon.
a recent phenomenon
Detailed food labelling is a fairly recent phenomenon.
a common phenomenon
Cloudy water is a common phenomenon in new aquariums.
a rare phenomenon
Planes have occasionally disappeared in midair, but this is a rare phenomenon.
a strange phenomenon
What could explain this strange phenomenon?
a natural phenomenon (=one that happens in nature)
Natural phenomena such as the appearance of comets intrigued him.
a social/cultural etc phenomenon
Crime is a complex social phenomenon.
supernatural/paranormal phenomena (=ones that appear to be against the laws of nature)
Ghosts are one example of paranormal phenomena.
psychic phenomena (=relating to the power of the human mind to do strange things)
psychic phenomena such as telepathy
Examples from the Corpus
phenomenon• Still walking five miles a day at the age of 95, the woman was an absolutephenomenon.• He is yet another phenomenon of questionable tangibility to emerge from the twelfthcentury.• the increasing phenomenon of the single parent family• Then an interestingphenomenon takes place: they become a safetyvalve.• Is it an illusion to imagine that this is a merely modernphenomenon? he wrote.• A new phenomenon is identified in some prisons.• IndustrialReD in the public sector is a relatively new phenomenon and the expectations from it are not very clear.• In dealing with this new phenomenon, I have two points to make.• The cellphone is a relatively recentphenomenon. It's difficult at the moment to assess its effects.• The same phenomenon was observed in New York.• We now know that our system of planetsorbiting the sun is not a uniquephenomenon.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PHENOMENON | PHENOMENON + VERBADJECTIVE➤common, universal, widespread普通現象;普遍現象➤global, worldwide全球性的/世界性的現象◇The unfolding energy crisis is very much a global phenomenon.蔓延中的能源危機在很大程度上是一個全球性現象。➤natural自然現象➤well-known眾所周知的現象▸➤isolated, rare, unique孤立的/罕見的/獨特的現象➤growing日益發展的現象◇the growing phenomenon of air rage日益嚴重的空怒現象(乘客在飛行途中的狂暴行為)➤new, novel, recent新現象;最近出現的現象➤contemporary, modern當代/現代現象➤amazing令人驚訝的現象◇amazing natural phenomena神奇的自然現象➤fascinating, interesting迷人的/有趣的現象▸➤bizarre, curious, inexplicable, mysterious, peculiar, remarkable, strange, unusual異樣的/古怪的/莫名的/神秘的/奇特的/顯著的/奇怪的/不尋常的現象▸➤complex複雜現象▸➤observable可觀察到的現象▸➤biological, cultural, economic, historical, linguistic, mental, physical, political, psychological, religious, social, urban生物/文化/經濟/歷史/語言/精神/物理/政治/心理/宗教/社會/城市現象➤paranormal, psychic, supernatural靈異現象;超自然現象◇He conducted a scientific investigation into paranormal phenomena.他對超自然現象進行了科學調查。➤cult崇拜現象◇The movie has become a bona fide cult phenomenon.這部電影真可謂風靡一時。VERB + PHENOMENON➤investigate調查現象◇His job is to investigate supernatural phenomena.他的工作是探究超自然現象。➤examine, observe, study檢查/觀察/研究現象◇I observed a similar phenomenon in Bolivia.我在玻利維亞觀察到了類似的現象。➤explain解釋現象◇How does one explain this incredible phenomenon?如何解釋這個令人難以置信的現象呢?➤understand理解現象➤become成為現象◇The movie has become a summer phenomenon.看電影成了人們消夏的一種方式。PHENOMENON + VERB➤arise, emerge, happen, occur現象出現;現象發生◇The phenomenon occurs in the early stages of pregnancy.這種現象出現在懷孕早期。➤exist現象存在◇She proved scientifically that such phenomena exist.她科學地證實了這種現象的存在。