barbarism
英 ['bɑːbərɪz(ə)m]
美['bɑrbərɪzəm]
- n. 野蛮；原始；未开化；暴虐
助记提示
1. 古希腊人很看不起外地人，说外地人讲话是 *barbar-，这是一个拟声词根，模拟小孩咿呀学语时口齿不清的声音、发音，由此表示“说话像孩子那样口齿不清”，现在演化为 barbarous "未开化的"、barbarian "野蛮人，就像咱们称呼未开化的外族人为：蛮人、夷人、胡人等"。汉语说“巴拉巴拉”时，也是一种拟声、也是一种贬义，这时英语用 blah-blah，这与汉语的拟声完全一样。
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ism.
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ism.
英英释意
- 1. a brutal barbarous savage act
英文词源
- barbarism (n.)
- mid-15c., "uncivilized or rude nature," from French barbarisme (13c.), from Latin barbarismus, from Greek barbarismos "foreign speech," from barbarizein "to do as a foreigner does" (see barbarian). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French; sense extended in English to "uncivilized condition."
实用场景例句
- the barbarism of war
- 战争的残酷
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
- 我们不赞成死刑：不能以暴制暴。
柯林斯例句
- Barbarism ends with the production of grand barbarians.
- 野蛮阶段随着伟大的野蛮人的成果而结束.
辞典例句
- All the vigorous and creative life which the Germans infused into the Roman world was barbarism.
- 凡德意志人给罗马世界注入的一切有生命力的和带来生命的东西,都是野蛮时代的东西.
英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- From this point backward through the Middle period of barbarism the indications become less distinct.
- 从这个阶段再往上追溯到野蛮阶段中期,迹象逐渐模糊.
辞典例句
- Human form returned to barbarism after the nuclear fallout of Atlantis.
- 人类在亚特兰蒂斯的核辐射后又一次回归荒蛮.
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- English soccer fans are notorious for their craziness and barbarism.
- 英国球迷因他们的疯狂和野蛮而臭名昭著.
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- To Africa its Truth and Reconciliation Commission compare the barbarism and desolation of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.
- 与南非及其真相与和解委员会形成对照的是津巴布韦总统罗伯特·穆加贝的野蛮愚昧及其治下的衰败之国.
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