enor·mi·ty /ɪˈnɔrməti/
暴行,極惡,巨大
E·nor·mi·ty n.; pl. Enormities
1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De Quincey.
2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. --South.
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enormity
n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness]
2: vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun
enormity is not used to express the idea of great size";
"universities recognized the enormity of their task"
3: the quality of extreme wickedness
4: an act of extreme wickedness