【atrocious】 - SAT备考词汇

atrocious

UK:  [ə'trəʊʃəs]

US:  [ə'troʊʃəs]

adj.

1.凶暴的,残忍的,万恶的

2.〔口语〕糟透的

3.糟糕透顶的

4.没羞没臊的

5.愤懑

6.残暴的;残暴的

1 . Or, to put it another way, what really killed the dinosaurs was a string of the most atrocious bad luck.
或者可以换句话说，一大串最为让人震惊的坏运气才是让恐龙灭绝的真正原因。

2 . The name of that old flame who kissed you in Kew Gardens way back when is on the tip of your tongue. Your memory is atrocious.
很久以前在基尤花园吻你的旧情人的名字到了嘴边却说不上来，你的记忆力糟透了。

3 . Blair is such an atrocious defender that you can't really keep him on the court.
布莱尔是如此凶狠的防守悍将，你不能一直将他放在场上。

4 . Of course, be warned that the air quality in Foshan is atrocious as a result of years of unregulated industrial development.
当然，予以警告说，空气质量在佛山市是残暴的，由于多年的无管制的工业发展。

5 . To be young, as William Pitt in his famous speech in the British Parliament once said, is not an "atrocious crime. "
言及年轻，如威廉·皮特于不列颠议会之著名演说所言，年轻，然非“万恶之罪”。