atrocity是什么意思？

atrocity

英[əˈtrɒsəti] 美[əˈtrɑsəti]

• n. 暴行，凶恶，残暴，恶劣的行为；

复数：atrocities;

例句

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity. 这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• 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.
• The new library building is an atrocity. 那幢新建的图书馆大楼难看极了.
• Her dress is an atrocity. 她的衣着俗不可耐.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  暴行；滔天罪行
  An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  邪恶, 暴行
  These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity. 这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
  2. an act of atrocious cruelty