barbarity
noun /bɑːˈbærəti/
/bɑːrˈbærəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural barbarities)
- behaviour that deliberately causes extreme physical or mental pain or difficulty to others
暴行;残忍 - The barbarity of the old regime was eventually exposed.
旧政权的野蛮最终暴露无遗。
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’ + -ity. - The barbarity of the old regime was eventually exposed.