enormity
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪˈnɔː.mə.ti]
- 美式音标 [əˈnɔːr.mə.t̬i]
- 国际音标 [i'nɔ:məti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.暴行；极恶；巨大
词根记忆
- e(出) + norm(正常) + ity→出了正常状态→极恶；暴行；巨大
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- enormous：庞大的，巨大的；凶暴的，极恶的。
- adv性质的同根词
- enormously：巨大地，庞大地；非常地，在极大程度上。
英汉例句
- I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
责任之大让我惊慌失措。 - It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度. - Her words brought home the enormity of what was happening.
她的话让人意识到所发生事情的严重性. - the enormity of the task
任务的艰巨性 - I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
我无话可说，一时还无法接受他对我所说之事的严重性。
词组短语
- enormity y 极恶;巨大
- the enormity of crime 极恶
短语
英英字典
- (SIZE) very great size or importance
- (EVIL ACT) an extremely evil act or the quality of being extremely evil
- If you refer to the enormity of something that you consider to be a problem or difficulty, you are referring to its very great size, extent, or seriousness.
- If you refer to the enormity of an event, you are emphasizing that it is terrible and frightening.
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专业释义
- 暴行
The second part goes on to generally discuss the enormity done to Northeast China during the War between Japan and Russia.
第二部分概括论述了日俄战争期间日俄两军在中国东北所施的暴行。