You use exceptional to describe someone or something that has a particular quality, usually a good quality, to an unusually high degree.
例句
...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。
ADJ-GRADED
例外的;特殊的
Exceptional situations and incidents are unusual and only likely to happen very infrequently.
例句
...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.督学可以酌情允许父母在特殊情况下让学生退学。
英汉词典释义
adv.
例外地;异常地;特殊地
an exceptionally severe frost特别严重的霜冻an exceptionally violent storm一场异常猛烈的暴风雨An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。She sings in an exceptionally pure soprano.她以异常纯美的高音歌唱。