a cruel and violent act, especially in a war (尤指戰爭中的)殘暴行爲 Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1In the war, both sides committed atrocities. 在戰爭中,雙方都犯下暴行。 atrocities against the civilian population 對平民的暴行 one of the worst atrocities of the war 戰爭最殘忍的暴行之一 reports of atrocities by gunmen 關於持槍歹徒施暴的報道
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’.