a cruel and violent act, especially in a war (尤指战争中的)残暴行为 Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1In the war, both sides committed atrocities. 在战争中,双方都犯下暴行。 atrocities against the civilian population 对平民的暴行 one of the worst atrocities of the war 战争最残忍的暴行之一 reports of atrocities by gunmen 关于持枪歹徒施暴的报道
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- appalling
- terrible
- worst
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- be responsible for
- carry out
- commit
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- occur
- take place
- stories
- atrocity against
- atrocity by
- accounts of atrocities
- allegations of atrocities
- reports of atrocities
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cruelty’): from French atrocité or Latin atrocitas, from atrox, atroc- ‘cruel’.