英英單字圖文記憶(175)
deviation [ˌdiviˈeʃən]：
In statistics,
deviation is the difference between the value of one number in a series of
numbers and the average value of all the numbers in the series.【偏差】
Deviation means
doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or
acceptable. 【偏常；反常；離經叛道】
【分解】：
【前缀】de = negative，表：否定。
【字根】via = road，表示：道路。
【後缀】tion，表：名詞。
【分析】：deviation = 偏離道路。引申為：偏差；反常；離經叛道。
For example，
A minimal error
or deviation may result in wide divergence. 失之毫釐，謬以千里。
