atrocity
音标：
英音/ əˈtrɒsəti / 美音/ əˈtrɑːsəti /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Opinion polls show strong support among Palestinians for the attacks on 7 October, though many deny the evidence that Hamas committed atrocities.
民意调查显示巴勒斯坦人强烈支持 10 月 7 日的袭击，尽管许多人否认哈马斯犯下暴行的证据。
—BBC
Before that, the United Nations Security Council had set up dedicated tribunals to address atrocities in places like the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
此前，联合国安理会曾设立专门法庭来处理前南斯拉夫和卢旺达等地的暴行。
—New York Times
Reports of the Arakan Army mistreating the Rohingya have stirred fears of renewed atrocities, even as the junta appears increasingly weak.
尽管军政府显得越来越软弱，但有关若开军虐待罗兴亚人的报道激起了人们对暴行再次发生的担忧。
—New York Times
基本释意：
noun
an act of atrocious cruelty
（常伴有暴力伤害的）恶行，暴行
同义词：
inhumanity,atrociousness,barbarity,barbarousness,heinousness
短释义：
The word atrocity describes both the act of cruelty as well as the sense of cruelty. If you go to visit a poorly run prison, you might be overwhelmed by the atrocity of the place when you see that no one is treated with respect, and torture is rampant. The word atrocity is also often used in the context of warfare and frequently as a plural. There were numerous atrocities on both sides, as the war raged on and the fighters’ capacity for cruelty seemed to increase.
战争和武装冲突期间经常发生暴行、极其残忍的行为。
长释义：
The word atrocity describes both the act of cruelty as well as the sense of cruelty. If you go to visit a poorly run prison, you might be overwhelmed by the atrocity of the place when you see that no one is treated with respect, and torture is rampant. The word atrocity is also often used in the context of warfare and frequently as a plural. There were numerous atrocities on both sides, as the war raged on and the fighters’ capacity for cruelty seemed to increase.
暴行这个词既描述了残忍的行为，也描述了残忍的感觉。如果你去参观一所管理不善的监狱，当你看到没有人受到尊重、酷刑猖獗时，你可能会被这个地方的暴行所震惊。 “暴行”一词也经常在战争中使用，并且经常以复数形式使用。随着战争的激烈进行，双方都发生了无数的暴行，战士们的残忍程度似乎也在增加。
文学例句：
I think again and again of a story we read last year by Ursula Le Guin about a utopian city whose bliss can only exist because of its one horrifying atrocity.
我一次又一次地想起我们去年读到的乌苏拉·勒吉恩（Ursula Le Guin）写的一个故事，故事讲述了一座乌托邦城市，它的幸福只能因为它发生的一件可怕的暴行而存在。
—Internment by Samira Ahmed
The gathering in front of the Tower started with just a few citizens holding signs, but quickly swelled to a crowd with banners, songs, speeches, and other atrocities.
塔前的集会一开始只有一些举着标语的公民，但很快就扩展到了举着横幅、唱歌、演讲和其他暴行的人群。
—The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
For the past four years, the two countries had committed unspeakable atrocities, not only against each other, but against innocent civilians in their path.
过去四年来，两国不仅针对彼此，而且还针对沿途的无辜平民犯下了难以形容的暴行。
—Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
词源：
atrocity (n.)1530s, “enormous wickedness,” from 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 “atrocious deed” is from 1793.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
atrocity (n.)1530s，“巨大的邪恶”，源自法语 atrocité 或直接源自拉丁语 atrocitatem (主格 atrocitas)，“残酷、凶猛、严酷”，质量名词，源自 atrox，“凶猛、残酷、可怕”，源自 PIE *atro- ek-，来自根*ater-“火”+根*okw-“看到；”因此“外表火热或具有威胁性”。 “残暴行为”的意思源自 1793 年。相关条目及更多
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