bar·bar·i·ty /bɑrˈbærəti/
殘暴的行為,殘忍,粗鄙
Bar·bar·i·ty n.; pl. Barbarities
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.]
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barbarity
n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity,
atrociousness, barbarousness, heinousness]
2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarism,
savagery]