atrocity
英 [?'tr?s?t?]
美[?'trɑs?ti]
- n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
畅通词汇CET6+TEM8GRE中低频词
词态变化
复数:?atrocities;
助记提示
谐音“额抽死他”。
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。
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.
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