英 [ɪˈnɔːməti] 美 [ɪˈnɔːrməti]
n. （处境、问题、事件等的）艰巨性，严重性；庞大，巨大；暴行，滔天罪行；凶暴，穷凶极恶；重要性
复数enormities
enormity /ɪˈnɔːmɪtɪ/ TEM8
不可数名词 If you refer to the enormity of something that you consider to be a problem or difficulty, you are referring to its very great size, extent, or seriousness. 艰巨性; 严重性
I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
我对责任的艰巨性感到不知所措。
不可数名词 If you refer to the enormity of an event, you are emphasizing that it is terrible and frightening. 深重
...the enormity of the disaster.
…灾难的深重。
the quality of being outrageous
同义词： outrageousness
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
the quality of extreme wickedness
an act of extreme wickedness
暴行-引用次数：2
The second part goes on to generally discuss the enormity done to Northeast China during the War between Japan and Russia.
第二部分概括论述了日俄战争期间日俄两军在中国东北所施的暴行。
... enophthalmus 眼球内陷 enormity 暴行 enormous 极大（gigantic）的 ...
巨大(enormity), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
... empower v.授权给某人采取行动 enormity n.极恶；暴行；巨大 epidemic a.传染性的，流行性的 ...
... aptitude n.才能；性向 enormity n.暴行；庞大 endearment n.示爱的行为；宠爱 ...
enormous 庞大的，巨大的；凶暴的，极恶的
enormously 巨大地，庞大地；非常地，在极大程度上
I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
我对责任的艰巨性感到不知所措。
The full enormity of the crime has not yet been revealed.
这一罪行的严重性还没有充分揭示出来。
It was not long before I realized the enormity of my faux pas.
没过多久我就发现了我有多么的失礼。
Still,Burton is cautious about how it will all play out, given the enormity of the task.
VOA : standard.2009.06.15
We'll be doing this in one week, and the disjunction between the two works, this disjunction at least with respect to their treatment of the Fall, should dramatize the nature, or just the enormity, of a lot of the conceptual problems and conflicts that Milton is tackling here.
我们在一周内都会来做这个工作，将这两部著作分离开来，这种分离至少要尊重他们对秋天不同的理解，应该将自然戏剧化，还是只是极恶,弥尔顿在这里应对的很多观念上的问题和冲突。
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Widowed so young, she understood the trauma of loss and the enormity of grief.
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It was not until the next morning that the enormity of the attacks was known.
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And we understood from day one the potential enormity of this crisis and acted accordingly.
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