
phenomenon,复数形式是phenomena。
作为名词,大多数人的印象应该是表示“现象”,是一个中性词,表示客观的现象。比如:natural cultural phenomenon 自然/文化现象
例句
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has become a global phenomenon reshaping economies and societies.
人工智能的飞速发展已成为重塑经济与社会的全球性现象。
Social media has given rise to a unique phenomenon where public opinion can shift overnight.
社交媒体催生了一种独特现象:公众舆论可在一夜之间逆转。
还可以表示“奇才;非凡的人/事物”,是一个褒义词,用于赞美,可以理解为“现象级的人/事物”。比如:
be/become a phenomenon 是/成为奇才 / 现象级人物(事物);
a cultural/social/sports phenomenon 文化 / 社会 / 体育现象级
人物(事物)
例句
As a pianist, she was a phenomenon, unmatched in her generation.
作为钢琴家,她是一代奇才,同辈无人能及。
This teenage genius is nothing short of a mathematical phenomenon.
这位少年天才简直就是一个数学奇才。
He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.
毫无疑问,他颇有分析天赋;但他绝非Poe所描绘的那般旷世奇才。
(这句话是福尔摩斯评价Dupin的话,华生把福尔摩斯比作Dupin,但福尔摩斯觉得Dupin表现 “华而不实、流于表面”)
phenomenal,形容词,非凡的、了不起的,相当于extraordinary;
phenomenally,副词,非凡地、了不起地;非常、极其。相当于extraordinarily;extremely。