atrocity
atrocity 英 [əˈtrɒsəti] 美 [əˈtrɑsəti]
n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
名词复数:atrocities
- Atrocities, acts of outrageous cruelty, are often committed during wars and armed conflicts.
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- n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
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1. Seeing such a terrible sight before his eyes, he was savaged by his enemy's atrocity.
看到眼前这可怖的场景，他被敌方的暴行激怒了。
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2. The choice was to bear witness to an atrocity, or to end it.
危机时刻，世界对它寄予厚望。 是见证这一暴行，还是结束它呢？
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3. “In the face of a potential mass atrocity, our options are never limited to either sending in the military or standing by and doing nothing, ” he said.
他说：“面对一场潜在的大规模暴行，我们的选择从来都不限于要么派军队去，要么袖手旁观，无所作为。”
- atrocity (n.) 1530s, "enormous wickedness," 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" + root *okw- "to see;" thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793.
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