enormities

英 [ɪˈnɔːmɪtiz]

美 [ɪˈnɔrmətiz]

n. 巨大; 深远影响; 严重性; 滔天罪行; 罪大恶极
enormity的复数

N-UNCOUNT 庞大;巨大
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.
1. I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility...
  责任之大让我惊慌失措。
2. He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead.
  他为眼前任务的艰巨性而担忧。
N-UNCOUNT 严重性
If you refer to the enormity of an event, you are emphasizing that it is terrible and frightening.
1. It makes no sense to belittle the enormity of the disaster which has occurred.
  对于已经发生的灾难，其严重性不该小视。
N-COUNT 罪恶;滔天大罪
An enormity is an action that is considered totally unacceptable.
1. ...the enormities they committed.
  他们犯下的滔天大罪
2. ...the enormity of what slavery meant.
  奴隶制代表的罪恶

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The small text that follows recounts with humor one of the enormities of modernization.
小文本如下叙述与幽默现代化的滔天大罪之一。
Such enormities would not be tolerated today.
种严重罪今日容忍。
I had at last been forgiven for some of my own enormities.
我自己犯下的一些弥天大罪终于得到了宽恕。
His paintings depict the enormities of war.
他的画刻画了战争的滔天罪行。