1530s, from Middle French atrocité or directly from Latin atrocitatem (nominative atrocitas) "cruelty, fierceness, harshness," noun of quality from atrox "fierce, cruel, frightful," from PIE *atro-ek-, from root *ater- "fire" (see atrium) + *okw- "see" (see eye (n.)); thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793.
例文
1. These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity .
これらの人たちは人を怒らせる暴行を犯している。
2.He is as cool as a cumber upon every act of atrocity .
あらゆる暴行に対して冷静沈着に振る舞っている。
3.Her dress is an atrocity .
彼女の服装は俗っぽくてたまらない。
4.The atrocity caused widespead indignation.
その暴行は一般的な憤慨を引き起こした。
5.The killing was cold-blooded,and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished.