atrocity

英 [ə'trɒsɪtɪ]美 [ə'trɑsəti]
  • n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
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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.
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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.
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3. Her dress is an atrocity.
她的衣着俗不可耐.
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4. The atrocity caused widespread indignation.
那暴行引起了普遍的愤慨.
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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