atrocity
词根词缀：
atrocious adj. 残暴的
atroc 残酷 + ious …的 → 残暴的
atrociousness n. 残忍，残暴
atrocious的名词
atrocity n. 残暴
atroc 残酷 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 残暴
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相关例句：
Macbeth is less a Senecan atrocity than a dramatic exploration of human psyche, which is based, to a large extent, upon the audience's "horrible imaginings".
《麦克白》不只是一般意义上的塞尼加式的宫廷悲剧；它在某种程度上是对人类精神世界的探索；
It's an atrocity, and the design professions don't even know they do it.
这是一种'残暴'。设计这个专业甚至不知道是他们造成的这个问题。
He mentioned the various instances, many of them marked with circumstances of atrocity.
他提到各种案例，其中有许多起案情残酷。
Other atrocities would have happened in the Mao era, but perhaps not this kind of an atrocity.
其他恶劣的行为会在毛时代发生，但可能也不会像这个时间这么恶劣。
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。
There is no atrocity which could be made a ground for blaming a great man.
谁是一个伟大的人物，谁就不用担心会因他的过失遭到谴责。