名词巨大; 穷凶极恶; 弥天大罪; 极大
1. enormity
1. 暴行:enophthalmus 眼球内陷 | enormity 暴行 | enormous 巨大的
2. 巨大,大:enormous 巨大的,庞大的 | enormity 巨大,大 | supernormal 超常态的,在一般以上的
3. enormity的近义词
3. 残暴:ennui#怠倦 | enormity#残暴 | entity#存在
4. 极恶,暴行,巨大:infirmity 虚弱 | nonconformity 不墨守成规 | enormity 极恶,暴行,巨大
1. 庞大;巨大
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.
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e.g. I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility...
责任之大让我惊慌失措。
e.g. He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead.
他为眼前任务的艰巨性而担忧。
2. 严重性
If you refer to the enormity of an event, you are emphasizing that it is terrible and frightening.
e.g. It makes no sense to belittle the enormity of the disaster which has occurred.
对于已经发生的灾难,其严重性不该小视。
3. 罪恶;滔天大罪
An enormity is an action that is considered totally unacceptable.
e.g. ...the enormities they committed.
他们犯下的滔天大罪
e.g. ...the enormity of what slavery meant.
奴隶制代表的罪恶
noun
1. an act of extreme wickedness
2. the quality of extreme wickedness
3. the quality of being outrageous
Synonym: outrageousness
4. vastness of size or extent
e.g. in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
universities recognized the enormity of their task