enormity
enormity
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun](the enormity of)the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong
残暴，极恶
a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime.
彻底的调查充分揭露了该罪行的残暴本质。
■(in neutral use)the large size or scale of something
（中性用法）巨大；广大
the enormity of his intellect.
他无穷的智慧。 - a grave crime or sin
暴行；滔天大罪
the enormities of the Hitler regime.
希特勒政权的滔天罪行。
- late Middle English: via Old French from Latin enormitas, from enormis, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + norma 'pattern, standard'. The word originally meant 'deviation from legal or moral rectitude' and 'transgression'. Current senses have been influenced by enormous
- It is not uncommon for enormity to be used as a synonym for hugeness or immensity, as in the enormity of French hypermarketsThere are some people who regard this use as wrong, arguing that enormity in its original sense meant ‘a crime’ and should therefore continue to be used only of contexts in which a negative moral judgement is implied. Between 5 and 10 per cent of uses in the British National Corpus use enormity in a neutral sense, however, and the use is now broadly accepted in standard English
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