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們His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.他的譯作非常有詩意。
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...如果法庭認為這是個特殊案例School governors have the discretion to allow parents to withdraw pupils in exceptional circumstances.督學可以酌情允許父母在特殊情況下讓學生退學。
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
例外地;異常地;特殊地
an exceptionally severe frost特別嚴重的霜凍an exceptionally violent storm一場異常猛烈的暴風雨An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚異常猛烈的旋風吹襲了那個小鎮。She sings in an exceptionally pure soprano.她以異常純美的高音歌唱。