- 1兇惡的、令人髮指的（正式用語，常用於形容重大罪行）
Heinous is a formal, strong word for describing a crime or act as extremely evil and shocking — worse than just 'bad' or 'wrong'. You mostly see it in news reports or legal language, talking about very serious crimes.
From the word’s history
From Middle English heynous, from Anglo-Norman hainous, from Old French haïr 'to hate', from Frankish *hattjan.
經古法文來自 haïr「恨」，與 hate 同源。
組成Comes from an old French word related to 'hatred' — the idea that such an act deserves hate.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
heinousadj/ˈheɪnəs/
- 1
Totally reprehensible.
- I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
- The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.
- 2
Bad, evil or villainous.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。