詞語：enormity
enormity是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
enormity
[i5nC:miti]
n.
暴行, 巨大, 極惡
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
enormity
e.nor.mi.ty
AHD:[1-n?r「m1-t?]
D.J.[i6n%8rmiti8]
K.K.[!6n%rm!ti]
n.（名詞）
【複數】 e.nor.mi.ties
(1)The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
窮凶極惡：超過所有道德限制的品性；窮凶極惡或凶暴
(2)A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.
駭人聽聞的罪惡行徑；暴行
(3)Usage Problem Great size; immensity:
【用法疑難】 巨大；廣大：
「Beyond that, [Russia's] sheer enormity offered a defense against invaders that no European nation enjoyed」 (W. Bruce Lincoln)
「除此之外，僅[俄國] 廣闊的疆域就為它自己提供了沒有哪個歐洲國家能享用的抵制侵略者的防禦能力」 (W.布魯斯·林肯)
語源
(1)French enormite
法語 enormite
(2)from Old French
源自 古法語
(3)from Latin ?3s}
源自 拉丁語 ?3s}
(4)from ?s [unusual, enormous] * see enormous
源自 ?s [不同尋常的，巨大的] *參見 enormous
用法
(1)Enormity is frequently used to refer simply to the property of being enormous, but many would prefer that enormousness (or a synonym such as immensity ) be used for this general sense and that enormity be reserved for a property that evokes a negative moral judgment:
Enormity 常被用來只說明巨大、廣闊狀態的屬性， 但很多人都更願意用enormousness （或是像 immensity 這樣的近義詞）來表達這種籠統的意義， 並更願意將enormity 專門留作表達那種能激發負面道德判斷的特性：
Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did
直到戰爭結束記者們才被允許進入柬埔寨，
(2)the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot's oppression. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of enormity in the more general sense in the sentence At that point the engineers sat down to design an entirely new viaduct, apparently undaunted by the enormity of their task. This distinction between enormity and enormousness has not always existed historically, but nowadays many observe it. Writers who ignore it in phrases such as the enormity of the President's election victory or the enormity of her inheritance may find their words an unintended source of amusement.
整個世界也才注意到波爾布特高壓政策的窮凶極惡。 用法使用小組的59％成員都反對在如下句子裡將enormity 該詞用於更廣泛的意義， 如在句子當坐下來開始設計一座全新的高架橋時，很明顯地工程師們對他們所面臨的艱巨工作無所畏懼 中。 這種enomity 和 enormousness 間的差異並不總是在歷史上存在， 但現在很多人都觀察到了這一點。那些在例如總統競選的巨大勝利 或 她的巨額遺產 這些短語中忽略了該差異的作者們， 很可能會發現他們的詞語無意中變成逗樂趣事的來源
現代英漢詞典
enormity
[I5nC:mEtI]
n.
-ties
(1)極惡
(2)巨大，龐大
the enormity of the job of feeding the whole world
向全世界提供糧食的艱巨任務
現代英漢綜合大辭典
enormity
[i5nC:miti]
n.
(1)窮凶極惡; 殘暴, 大罪
(2)巨大, 龐大
the enormity of the crime
罪惡深重
美國傳統詞典
enormity
e.nor.mi.ty
AHD:[1-n?r「m1-t?]
D.J.[i6n%8rmiti8]
K.K.[!6n%rm!ti]
n.
pl. e.nor.mi.ties
(1)The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
(2)A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.
(3)Usage Problem Great size; immensity:
「Beyond that, [Russia's] sheer enormity offered a defense against invaders that no European nation enjoyed」 (W. Bruce Lincoln)
語源
(1)French enormite
(2)from Old French
(3)from Latin ?3s}
(4)from ?s [unusual, enormous] * see enormous
用法
(1)Enormity is frequently used to refer simply to the property of being enormous, but many would prefer that enormousness (or a synonym such as immensity ) be used for this general sense and that enormity be reserved for a property that evokes a negative moral judgment:
Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did
(2)the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot's oppression. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of enormity in the more general sense in the sentence At that point the engineers sat down to design an entirely new viaduct, apparently undaunted by the enormity of their task. This distinction between enormity and enormousness has not always existed historically, but nowadays many observe it. Writers who ignore it in phrases such as the enormity of the President's election victory or the enormity of her inheritance may find their words an unintended source of amusement.
英漢法學大詞典
enormity
n.暴行 ,殘暴,無法無天的行為,重罪