1ADJ-GRADED 优异的;非凡的 You use exceptional to describe someone or something that has a particular quality, usually a good quality, to an unusually high degree. 优异的;非凡的 [approval]
...children with exceptional ability.
具有非凡才能的孩子们
His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
他的译作非常有诗意。
exceptionally
He's an exceptionally talented dancer.
他是个非常有天赋的舞者。
The conditions under ground were exceptionally hot.
地下环境非常热。
2ADJ-GRADED 例外的;特殊的Exceptional situations and incidents are unusual and only likely to happen very infrequently. 例外的;特殊的 [formal]
...if the courts hold that this case is exceptional.
如果法庭认为这是个特殊案例
School governors have the discretion to allow parents to withdraw pupils in exceptional circumstances.
VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be傑出▸➤remain依然優秀▸➤consider sb/sth認為⋯傑出◇The teacher considers Jamie's performance truly exceptional.老師認為傑米的表現絕對出眾。➤do sth表現卓越ADVERB➤highly, pretty, really, very非常優秀;十分傑出▸➤quite, truly, wholly (especially BrE) 完全例外;相當特別;十足地特別PHRASES➤nothing exceptional沒有特殊之處◇There is nothing exceptional about east London倫敦東區沒什麼特殊之處。◇The food was quite tasty, but nothing exceptional.食物非常美味,但沒有什麼特別的。➤something exceptional某些與眾不同之處◇We will have to do something exceptional to win.要贏的話,我們得有超常的表現。◇I realized I was watching something exceptional.我意識到我看到的是某種與眾不同的東西。