atrocity

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n. 残暴, 凶恶, 暴行 [法] 暴行, 残酷, 残忍

发音

UK /əˈtɹɒsɪti/
US /əˈtɹɑsɪti/

词形变化

atrocities 复数 atrocities

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

    暴行

    残酷

    可数 不可数

    to carry out / commit / perpetrate an atrocity

    The regime is guilty of mass atrocities including forced displacement and the use of chemical weapons.

  2. 2.

    The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.

    不可数 可数

    1553, John Bradford, letter, in Miles Coverdale (ed.), Certain Most Godly, Fruitful, and Comfortable letters, London: John Day, 1564, pp. 481-482, Thys wil I muse on, & way with my self, [tha]t I may dulye knowe, both in me and in al other things, the atrocitie and bitternesse of synne which dwelleth in me, & so may the more hartely geue ouer my self wholy to [th]e lord Christ my Sauiour,

  3. 3.

    An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

inhumanity atrociousness barbarity barbarousness heinousness

上位词 3

cruelty inhumanity inhumaneness

下位词 6

outrage brutality savagery barbarism enormity barbarity

词源

From Middle French atrocité, from Latin atrōcitās, from atrōx (“terrible, cruel”) + -tās, from āter (“matte black”).

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