英语词汇“atrociously”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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… much of the manufactured-home industry employed sales practices that were atrocious. The need for meaningful down payments was frequently ignored. Sometimes fakery was involved. Moreover, impossible-to-meet monthly payments were being agreed to by borrowers who signed up because they had nothing to lose.

Warren E. Buffett, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2009 In the hands of a succession of more or less sadistic colonial governors and prison officers, convicts, particularly repeat offenders, found themselves subjected to atrocious punishments, flogged, committed to chain gangs, kept in underground pits, starved, and bullied.

Caroline Moorehead, New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2006 It would seem that by now the Tigers might be weary of analyzing their roller-coaster season, sick of reliving their atrocious 9-23 start and comparing it with their recent hot streak.

Sports Illustrated, 4 Sept. 2000 an atrocious period in the nation's history an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force

Recent Examples on the Web The Celtics couldn’t have asked for a better end to the half after an otherwise atrocious 20 or so minutes of basketball.

Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022 Perhaps someone with an atrocious opinion in one case may have something valuable to share in another.

Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 Wisely, instead of some atrocious add-on backup camera from Amazon, the seller replaced the driver's-side door strut.

Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2022 Miami really turned on the heat right in its very first game of this postseason, shooting 52.4 percent from the field, while holding Atlanta to an atrocious 38.7 percent shooting.

Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2022 The gap between the annual income of Black families versus non-Black families is atrocious.

Scarlett Newman, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 June 2022 However, paying nearly $80 million for four acres of land is atrocious.

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 The Dallas Cowboys will always be a thing—whether good, not good, mediocre, atrocious, brilliant, exasperating, or ordinary.

Jason Gay, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021 The Kings’ special teams have been atrocious, for example, with seven of Edmonton’s 21 goals in the series coming on power plays.

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 See More

单词	atrociously
释义	atrocious adjective atro·cious ə-ˈtrō-shəs 1 : extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel : barbaric prisoners subjected to atrocious treatment 2 : appalling, horrifying the atrocious weapons of modern war an atrocious accident 3 a : utterly revolting : abominable atrocious working conditions atrocious weather b : of very poor quality atrocious handwriting atrociously adverb atrociousness noun Synonyms appalling awful dreadful frightful ghastly grisly gruesome grewsome hideous horrendous horrible horrid horrific horrifying lurid macabre monstrous nightmare nightmarish shocking terrible terrific See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences … much of the manufactured-home industry employed sales practices that were atrocious. The need for meaningful down payments was frequently ignored. Sometimes fakery was involved. Moreover, impossible-to-meet monthly payments were being agreed to by borrowers who signed up because they had nothing to lose. Warren E. Buffett, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2009 In the hands of a succession of more or less sadistic colonial governors and prison officers, convicts, particularly repeat offenders, found themselves subjected to atrocious punishments, flogged, committed to chain gangs, kept in underground pits, starved, and bullied. Caroline Moorehead, New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2006 It would seem that by now the Tigers might be weary of analyzing their roller-coaster season, sick of reliving their atrocious 9-23 start and comparing it with their recent hot streak. Sports Illustrated, 4 Sept. 2000 an atrocious period in the nation's history an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force Recent Examples on the Web The Celtics couldn’t have asked for a better end to the half after an otherwise atrocious 20 or so minutes of basketball. Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022 Perhaps someone with an atrocious opinion in one case may have something valuable to share in another. Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 Wisely, instead of some atrocious add-on backup camera from Amazon, the seller replaced the driver's-side door strut. Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2022 Miami really turned on the heat right in its very first game of this postseason, shooting 52.4 percent from the field, while holding Atlanta to an atrocious 38.7 percent shooting. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2022 The gap between the annual income of Black families versus non-Black families is atrocious. Scarlett Newman, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 June 2022 However, paying nearly $80 million for four acres of land is atrocious. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 The Dallas Cowboys will always be a thing—whether good, not good, mediocre, atrocious, brilliant, exasperating, or ordinary. Jason Gay, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021 The Kings’ special teams have been atrocious, for example, with seven of Edmonton’s 21 goals in the series coming on power plays. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin atroc-, atrox gloomy, atrocious, from atr-, ater black + -oc-, -ox (akin to Greek ōps eye) — more at eye First Known Use 1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition atrocious adjective atro·cious ə-ˈtrō-shəs 1 : extremely brutal, cruel, or wicked an atrocious crime 2 : very bad atrocious weather atrocious manners Legal Definition atrocious adjective atro·cious ə-ˈtrō-shəs : characterized by extreme cruelty or viciousness atrocious assault and battery atrociously adverb as in horribly Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance horribly abysmally horrendously awfully dreadfully horrifically terribly deplorably poorly disastrously damnably inadequately bad unbearably intolerably execrably unsatisfactorily detestably deficiently rottenly indecently inappropriately reprehensibly egregiously incorrectly grossly vulgarly badly unsuitably abominably wretchedly unacceptably lousily unspeakably flagrantly miserably shoddily vilely naughtily odiously shabbily insufficiently meagerly scantily skimpily sparely sleazily trashily stingily inferiorly niggardly meanly scantly Antonyms & Near Antonyms well acceptably adequately passably fine nicely decently satisfactorily tolerably appropriately good suitably okay correctly fittingly rightly seemly respectably felicitously decorously all right palatably so-so faithfully precisely exactly congruously ideally satisfyingly OK gratifyingly meetly See More
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