An egregious mistake, failure, or problem is not merely bad. It is so bad that it stands out; people cannot miss it. Newspapers, lawyers, and teachers reach for it when they want to name something that should never have happened: an egregious error, egregious abuse of power, an egregious breach of the rules.

An egregious mistake, failure, or problem一個egregious的錯誤、失敗、或問題 is not merely bad不只是「不好」而已 It is so bad that it stands out它糟到讓人一眼就看出來 people cannot miss it沒有人會沒注意到 Newspapers, lawyers, and teachers reach for it報紙、律師、老師會用這個字 when they want to name something that should never have happened當他們想指出一件本來就不該發生的事情時 an egregious error, egregious abuse of power, an egregious breach of the rules像an egregious error（離譜的錯誤）、egregious abuse of power（惡劣的濫權）、an egregious breach of the rules（嚴重違規）

It is fairly formal. In the kitchen you would just say a terrible mistake. People sometimes stretch it for anything they strongly dislike, but the core is still this: wrong, and obvious.

It is fairly formal這個字相當正式 In the kitchen在家常對話裡 you would just say a terrible mistake你就只會說a terrible mistake（很糟糕的錯誤） People sometimes stretch it for anything they strongly dislike有些人會把這個字用得更廣，用在任何他們很不喜歡的事情上 but the core is still this但核心的意思還是這樣 wrong, and obvious錯得離譜、而且明顯

Though actually, the Latin it comes from pointed the other way. ēgregius was out of the flock in a good sense — outstanding, excellent. English kept the picture of standing apart from the crowd and, in normal modern use, almost always means standing out as badly wrong. A student will not meet the old praise meaning in everyday English.

Though actually不過其實 the Latin it comes from pointed the other way這個字的拉丁文字源，方向恰好相反 ēgregius was out of the flock in a good senseēgregius原本是「跳脫羊群」的意思，而且是正面的 outstanding, excellent意思是傑出、優秀 English kept the picture of standing apart from the crowd英文保留了「從人群中脫穎而出」這個畫面 and, in normal modern use但在現代一般的用法裡 almost always means standing out as badly wrong幾乎都變成指「糟到很顯眼」 A student will not meet the old praise meaning in everyday English學生在日常英文裡不會遇到那個古老的褒義用法