| 单词 | atrocious |
| 释义 | atrocious (ətroʊʃəs ) 1. adjective If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad. [emphasis] I remain to this day fluent in Hebrew, while my Arabic is atrocious. The food here is atrocious. Synonyms: shocking, terrible [informal], appalling, horrible atrociously adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed, ADVERB after verb] He had written the note from memory, word perfect, and spelled atrociously. 2. adjective If you describe someone's behaviour or their actions as atrocious, you mean that it is unacceptable because it is extremely violent or cruel. The judge said he had committed atrocious crimes against women. The treatment of the prisoners by their captors is atrocious and breaks all international laws. Synonyms: cruel, savage, brutal, vicious 3. adjective If you say that weather conditions are atrocious, you mean they are very bad, for example that it is extremely cold, wet, or windy. ...closed roads and atrocious weather: snow in the mountains, torrential rain elsewhere. Collocations: atrocious behaviour What unbelievably atrocious behaviour that woman displayed! Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715 (1995) He said: 'There is no excuse for my atrocious behaviour. The Sun (2009) Perhaps she will come good by the last episode but it will only be because the TV cameras hold up a mirror to her atrocious behaviour. The Sun (2011) This seemed harsh bearing in mind the atrocious conditions that led to uncertain footing. Times, Sunday Times Atrocious conditions meant it took 24 hours and three attempts for a helicopter to reach the pair. The Sun Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions. The Sun As a mark of how gutsy his victory was, he was one of only six finishers in the atrocious conditions. Times, Sunday Times These atrocious conditions could have been avoided. Times, Sunday Times She was given an indefinite sentence for her part in that atrocious crime, yet has been deemed fit for release. The Sun They further observed that such a principle might be the legal cloak for unbridled passion and atrocious crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proponents of capital punishment believe that such punishment may be justified as a deterrent to particularly atrocious crimes and as a means of keeping dangerous individuals permanently incapacitated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 极差的质量 Japanese: ひどく悪い |
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