Atrocity
[ə'trɒsɪtɪ] or [ə'trɑsəti]
解释:
(noun.) an act of atrocious cruelty.
(noun.) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
整理:露丝--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
(n.) An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
校对:内奥米
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Heinousness, atrociousness, enormity, flagrancy, villany, flagitiousness, depravity, wickedness.[2]. Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.
柯蒂斯校对
例句:
- As the atrocity presented itself to Mr. Bumble's mind in full force, he struck the counter sharply with his cane, and became flushed with indignation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The atrocity in its full extent no longer exists, but there is enough of it left to give rise to occurrences that make the heart bleed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Some of the European troops committed grave atrocities upon the Chinese civil population. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Arbois was entered by the enemy in January with the usual atrocities of war. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins, an abridged account of all Mr. Jingle's atrocities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The irruption of the Ephthalites is memorable not so much because of its permanent effects as because of the atrocities perpetrated by the invaders. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The German common people were bundled from an orderly obedience into this war in such a manner that atrocities were bound to ensue. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
校对:内尔