enormityの意味・使い方・発音

enormity

英 [ɪ'nɔːmɪtɪ] 美 [ɪ'nɔrməti]

enormity (n.): late 15c., "transgression, crime; irregularity," from Old French enormité "extravagance, atrocity, heinous sin," from Latin enormitatem (nominative enormitas) "hugeness, vastness; irregularity," from enormis "irregular, huge" (see enormous). Meaning "extreme wickedness" in English attested from 1560s. The notion is of that which surpasses the endurable limits of order, right, decency. Sense of "hugeness" (1765 in English) is etymological but to prevent misunderstanding probably best avoided in favor of enormousness, though this, too, originally meant "immeasurable wickedness" (1718) and didn't start to mean "hugeness" until c. 1800.

2.He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead.: 彼は目の前の任務の困難性を心配している。

4.It 's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.: この悲劇の深刻さを正確に知ることは難しい。

5.Her words brought home the enormity of what was happening.: 彼女の言葉は、起きていることの重大さを意識させる。