名詞 enormity:

1. the quality of being outrageous
   同義詞：outrageousness
2. vastness of size or extent
3. the quality of extreme wickedness
4. an act of extreme wickedness

1. He talked for some time with Bundy, and his questions reflected the enormity of his doubts.
   他同邦迪談了一會(huì)兒，他提出的問(wèn)題反映出他有很大的懷疑。
2. Such enormities would not be tolerated today.
   這種嚴(yán)重罪行今日是不能容忍的。
3. The enormity of the crime has shocked even experienced policemen.
   這件罪行極端兇殘，連經(jīng)歷豐富的警察都感震驚。

e.nor.mi.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 e.nor.mi.ties
The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
窮兇極惡：超過(guò)所有道德限制的品性；窮兇極惡或兇暴
A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.
駭人聽聞的罪惡行徑；暴行
Usage Problem Great size; immensity:
【用法疑難】 巨大；廣大：
例句：
.Beyond that,[Russia`s] sheer enormity offered a defense against invaders that no European nation enjoyed. (W. Bruce Lincoln)
.除此之外，僅[俄國(guó)] 廣闊的疆域就為它自己提供了沒(méi)有哪個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家能享用的抵制侵略者的防御能力. (W.布魯斯·林肯)

來(lái)源：
French énormité
法語(yǔ) énormité
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin ônormit3s
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) ônormit3s
from ônormis [unusual, enormous] * see enormous
源自 ônormis [不同尋常的，巨大的] *參見 enormous

Enormity is frequently used to refer simply to the property of being enormous, but many would prefer thatenormousness (or a synonym such as immensity ) be used for this general sense and thatenormity be reserved for a property that evokes a negative moral judgment:
Enormity 常被用來(lái)只說(shuō)明巨大、廣闊狀態(tài)的屬性， 但很多人都更愿意用enormousness （或是像 immensity 這樣的近義詞）來(lái)表達(dá)這種籠統(tǒng)的意義， 并更愿意將enormity 專門留作表達(dá)那種能激發(fā)負(fù)面道德判斷的特性：
例句：
Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did
直到戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束記者們才被允許進(jìn)入柬埔寨，

the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot`s oppression. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use ofenormity in the more general sense in the sentenceAt that point the engineers sat down to design an entirely new viaduct, apparently undaunted by the enormity of their task. This distinction betweenenormity and enormousness has not always existed historically, but nowadays many observe it.Writers who ignore it in phrases such asthe enormity of the President`s election victory or the enormity of her inheritance may find their words an unintended source of amusement.
整個(gè)世界也才注意到波爾布特高壓政策的窮兇極惡。 用法使用小組的59％成員都反對(duì)在如下句子里將enormity 該詞用于更廣泛的意義， 如在句子當(dāng)坐下來(lái)開始設(shè)計(jì)一座全新的高架橋時(shí)，很明顯地工程師們對(duì)他們所面臨的艱巨工作無(wú)所畏懼 中。 這種enomity 和 enormousness 間的差異并不總是在歷史上存在， 但現(xiàn)在很多人都觀察到了這一點(diǎn)。那些在例如總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選的巨大勝利 或 她的巨額遺產(chǎn) 這些短語(yǔ)中忽略了該差異的作者們， 很可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的詞語(yǔ)無(wú)意中變成逗樂(lè)趣事的來(lái)源