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词汇 misfit
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Definition of misfit in English:

misfit

noun ˈmɪsfɪtˈmɪsˌfɪt
  • 1A person whose behaviour or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way.

    (行为或态度)与他人迥然不同者

    a motley collection of social misfits

    与社会格格不入的各色人组合。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man upstairs's painted as a lonely misfit who's as perplexed by his role as everyone else.
    • It was tempting to dismiss the demonstrators as a ragtag collection of belligerent misfits - and some of them were.
    • I believe it was to paint himself as a passionate misfit, a permanent outsider and underdog.
    • However, living in such close proximity to what has turned out to be a motley collection of misfits and malcontents has me rattled.
    • Similar is the rogue's gallery of misfits the hero is surrounded by.
    • Some find solidarity and comfort in the company of their peers, others are judged as outsiders and misfits and suffer accordingly.
    • He works with a crew of other controllers who are your typical sitcom collection of misfits.
    • They were a collection of misfits and screwballs who became the terrors of the South Pacific.
    • This was set in a cheap boarding house inhabited by a collection of semi-human misfits, degenerates, and murderers, who were what they were because poverty had made them so.
    • But when a run-down circus arrives in town to give its last performance, Joe discovers kindred spirits in its collection of dreamers and misfits.
    • One of the topsy-turvy things about Australia is the way people rush to identify themselves as an underdog or a battler, the way in which being an outsider, a misfit, is the conservative, establishment position.
    • There were young children who remained inside until their 40s and 50s with no specific diagnoses, incarcerated for being social misfits.
    • Chaos greets a group of misfits and eccentrics as they return for a new term at a private girls' school.
    • Lonely teenage misfits with unconventional looks would have their personality revealed to everyone, leading to true love.
    • It's been a long time since such a collection of punks, misfits and miscreants gathered together to worship such an influential act.
    • Early gay culture was like a refuge for all sorts of misfits and nonconformists.
    • Rita is an outsider, a teenage misfit who sticks out all the more next to the monotony of the lives around her.
    • He also spoke extensively on the subject of social misfits being sent to Irish prisons.
    • They're all pretty good kids, but misfits in the outside world.
    • Not even I, the social misfit that I am, could resist his perfection.
    Synonyms
    fish out of water, square peg in a round hole, round peg in a square hole
    nonconformist, eccentric, maverick, individualist, deviant, exception, outsider
    informal oddball, odd fish, weirdo, weirdie, freak, bad boy
    North American informal screwball, kook
    US informal wackadoo, wackadoodle
    1. 1.1archaic Something that does not fit or that fits badly.
      〈古〉不合适的东西,不匹配的东西

Definition of misfit in US English:

misfit

nounˈmɪsˌfɪtˈmisˌfit
  • 1A person whose behavior or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way.

    (行为或态度)与他人迥然不同者

    a motley collection of social misfits

    与社会格格不入的各色人组合。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Early gay culture was like a refuge for all sorts of misfits and nonconformists.
    • Similar is the rogue's gallery of misfits the hero is surrounded by.
    • They were a collection of misfits and screwballs who became the terrors of the South Pacific.
    • This was set in a cheap boarding house inhabited by a collection of semi-human misfits, degenerates, and murderers, who were what they were because poverty had made them so.
    • I believe it was to paint himself as a passionate misfit, a permanent outsider and underdog.
    • It was tempting to dismiss the demonstrators as a ragtag collection of belligerent misfits - and some of them were.
    • The man upstairs's painted as a lonely misfit who's as perplexed by his role as everyone else.
    • Not even I, the social misfit that I am, could resist his perfection.
    • Chaos greets a group of misfits and eccentrics as they return for a new term at a private girls' school.
    • It's been a long time since such a collection of punks, misfits and miscreants gathered together to worship such an influential act.
    • Some find solidarity and comfort in the company of their peers, others are judged as outsiders and misfits and suffer accordingly.
    • But when a run-down circus arrives in town to give its last performance, Joe discovers kindred spirits in its collection of dreamers and misfits.
    • There were young children who remained inside until their 40s and 50s with no specific diagnoses, incarcerated for being social misfits.
    • He works with a crew of other controllers who are your typical sitcom collection of misfits.
    • He also spoke extensively on the subject of social misfits being sent to Irish prisons.
    • They're all pretty good kids, but misfits in the outside world.
    • However, living in such close proximity to what has turned out to be a motley collection of misfits and malcontents has me rattled.
    • One of the topsy-turvy things about Australia is the way people rush to identify themselves as an underdog or a battler, the way in which being an outsider, a misfit, is the conservative, establishment position.
    • Lonely teenage misfits with unconventional looks would have their personality revealed to everyone, leading to true love.
    • Rita is an outsider, a teenage misfit who sticks out all the more next to the monotony of the lives around her.
    Synonyms
    fish out of water, square peg in a round hole, round peg in a square hole
    1. 1.1archaic Something that does not fit or that fits badly.
      〈古〉不合适的东西,不匹配的东西
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