atrocity
英 [ə'trɒsɪtɪ]
美[ə'trɑsəti]
- n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
英英释义
- 1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- 2. an act of atrocious cruelty
实用场景例句
- The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.
- 杀戮异常残暴。那些犯下如此暴行的人都应该受到审判和惩罚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Starvation is an atrocity, and should never happen in the modern world.
- 饿死人命是一种暴行, 绝不应发生在现代社会.
期刊摘选
- I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.
- 这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊.
期刊摘选
- These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.
- 这些人犯有令人发指的暴行.
《简明英汉词典》
- Atrocity and terror are not political weapons.
- 暴行与恐怖主义并不能成为政治上的武器.
期刊摘选
- They were shocked by the atrocity of his crimes.
- 他们被他们的罪行的残暴所震惊.
期刊摘选
- Such an atrocity can hardly escape arousing puBlic indignation.
- 这样一种暴行不能不引起公愤.
期刊摘选
- The environment of nature is good atrocity is stable.
- 环境自然是好的和经济是稳定的.
期刊摘选
- The atrocity of the manager's actions appalled everybody.
- 管理员行为的残暴使所有人胆寒.
期刊摘选
- The new library building is an atrocity.
- 那幢新建的图书馆大楼难看极了.
辞典例句
- People were annoyed by his atrocity.
- 他的暴行激怒了人们.
期刊摘选
- I blush , I burn , I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity.
- 写到这幕该死的暴行, 我不禁面红耳赤,不寒而栗.
期刊摘选
- Make this atrocity known and hopefully stopped.
- 要知道这是暴行!立即停止!
期刊摘选
- He mentioned the various instances, many of them marked with circumstances of atrocity.
- 他提到各种案例, 其中有许多起案情残酷.
辞典例句
- This week's atrocity in its economic capital should not undermine its progress.
- 本周发生在其经济首都的暴行也应该不会削弱其发展.
期刊摘选
- The corruption of the Sisterhood is perhaps the worst atrocity that the surviving Rogues endure.
- 这些姊妹的堕落可能是因为这些存活的萝格们忍受的最可怕的残酷.
期刊摘选
- Her dress is an atrocity.
- 她的衣着俗不可耐.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I was horrified by the 11 atrocity I had committed.
- 我对自己的恶行感到震惊.
期刊摘选
- Hamas started atrocity and doesn't want to end it.
- 哈马斯挑起了这场暴行,而且不想罢手.
期刊摘选
- We must be very careful not to commit an atrocity by bombing Teheran.
- 我们必须非常小心,不要因为轰炸德黑兰而造成一次大失策.
辞典例句
- He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.
- 他面对一切暴行都表现得冷静沉着.
《简明英汉词典》
- The atrocity caused widespread indignation.
- 那暴行引起了普遍的愤慨.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
中文词源
atrocity 暴行
来自PIE*火。-oc, 同词根op, 眼睛，见optic, 光学的。指发狂，暴行，眼睛射出火。
助记提示
谐音“额抽死他”。
双语例句
- 1. These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.
- 这些人犯有令人发指的暴行.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.
- 他面对一切暴行都表现得冷静沉着.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Her dress is an atrocity.
- 她的衣着俗不可耐.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The atrocity caused widespread indignation.
- 那暴行引起了普遍的愤慨.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The killing was cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.
- 杀戮异常残暴。那些犯下如此暴行的人都应该受到审判和惩罚。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- 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.
词态变化
复数: atrocities;