atrocity
英 [?'tr?s?t?]
美[?'trɑs?ti]
- n. 暴行；兇惡，殘暴
暢通詞匯CET6+TEM8GRE中低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?atrocities;
助記提示
諧音“額抽死他”。
中文詞源
atrocity 暴行
來自PIE*火。-oc, 同詞根op, 眼睛，見optic, 光學的。指發狂，暴行，眼睛射出火。
英文詞源
- atrocity (n.)
- 1530s, from Middle French atrocité or directly from Latin atrocitatem (nominative atrocitas) "cruelty, fierceness, harshness," noun of quality from atrox "fierce, cruel, frightful," from PIE *atro-ek-, from root *ater- "fire" (see atrium) + *okw- "see" (see eye (n.)); thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793.
雙語例句
- 1. These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.
- 這些人犯有令人發指的暴行.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.
- 他面對一切暴行都表現得冷靜沉著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her dress is an atrocity.
- 她的衣著俗不可耐.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The atrocity caused widespread indignation.
- 那暴行引起了普遍的憤慨.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.
- 殺戮異常殘暴。那些犯下如此暴行的人都應該受到審判和懲罰。
來自柯林斯例句