enormity

詳細解釋：

e.nor.mi.ty

n.（名詞）
【複數】 e.nor.mi.ties
The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
窮凶極惡：超過所有道德限制的品性；窮凶極惡或凶暴
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] 廣闊的疆域就為它自己提供了沒有哪個歐洲國家能享用的抵制侵略者的防禦能力. (W.布魯斯·林肯)

來源：
French énormité
法文 énormité
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin ônormit3s
源自 拉丁語 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 常被用來只說明巨大、廣闊狀態的屬性， 但很多人都更願意用enormousness （或是像 immensity 這樣的近義詞）來表達這種籠統的意義， 並更願意將enormity 專門留作表達那種能激發負面道德判斷的特性：
例句：
Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did
直到戰爭結束記者們才被允許進入高棉，

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.
整個世界也才注意到波爾布特高壓政策的窮凶極惡。 用法使用小組的59％成員都反對在如下句子裡將enormity 該詞用於更廣泛的意義， 如在句子當坐下來開始設計一座全新的高架橋時，很明顯地工程師們對他們所面臨的艱巨工作無所畏懼 中。 這種enomity 和 enormousness 間的差異並不總是在歷史上存在， 但現在很多人都觀察到了這一點。那些在例如總統競選的巨大勝利 或 她的巨額遺產 這些短語中忽略了該差異的作者們， 很可能會發現他們的詞語無意中變成逗樂趣事的來源