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;極惡;巨大
词根记忆
- e(出) + norm(正常) + ity→出了正常狀態→極惡;暴行;巨大
英汉例句
- I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
責任之大讓我驚慌失措。 - It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
很難確切知道這場悲劇的嚴重程度. - Her words brought home the enormity of what was happening.
她的話讓人意識到所發生事情的嚴重性. - the enormity of the task
任務的艱巨性 - I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
我無話可說,一時還無法接受他對我所說之事的嚴重性。
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.
第二部分概括論述了日俄戰爭期間日俄兩軍在中國東北所施的暴行。