
atrocity基本信息
读法:英 [ə"trɒsɪtɪ] 美 [ə"trɑsəti]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
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。wwW.WeNtiyi.Com
- 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.
词态变化
复数 atrocities;
权威造句
- 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
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记忆方法
谐音“额抽死他”。
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