barbarous
英 ['bɑːb(ə)rəs]
美['bɑrbərəs]
- adj. 野蛮的；残暴的
词态变化
副词: barbarously;
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- + -ous.
5. bar(棍) + bar(棍) + ian(人) => 一个人一手拿个棍子野蛮的人。
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- + -ous.
5. bar(棍) + bar(棍) + ian(人) => 一个人一手拿个棍子野蛮的人。
英英释意
- 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
- "a barbarous crime"
- "brutal beatings"
- "cruel tortures"
- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
- "a savage slap"
- "vicious kicks"
- 2. primitive in customs and culture
英文词源
- barbarous
- barbarous: [15] Originally, a barbarous person was a ‘foreigner’, anyone who did not speak your own language. Greek bárbaros meant ‘foreign, ignorant’, and it has been speculated that its ultimate signification was ‘unable to speak intelligibly’ (the related Sanskrit barbaras meant ‘stammering’). English acquired the word from Latin barbarus, a modified Vulgar Latin version of which, *brabus, produced Italian bravo and hence, via French, English brave.
=> brave - barbarous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "uncivilized, uncultured, ignorant," from Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros (see barbarian). Meaning "not Greek or Latin" (of words or language) is from c. 1500; that of "savagely cruel" is from 1580s.
同义词辨析
cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless
这些形容词都有"残忍的，野蛮的"之意。
cruel： 一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。
brutal： 指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。
inhuman： 着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
savage： 指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。
barbarous： 专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
fierce： 指天性凶恶，令人害怕。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
实用场景例句
- the barbarous treatment of these prisoners of war
- 对这些战俘的残酷待遇
牛津词典
- He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
- 他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a barbarous attack.
- 凶残的进攻
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- To civilize the barbarous people is not easy.
- 要使野蛮人开化不是简单的.
期刊摘选
- It'seems a more civilized alternative to our present barbarous procedure.
- 这与我们目前野蛮的做法相比似乎是较为文明的变通.
期刊摘选
- It is so ugly, so barbarous.
- 这如此丑陋, 如此野蛮!
期刊摘选
- The reactionary and barbarous character of Japan's war constitutes the primary reason for her inevitable defeat.
- 日本战争的退步性和野蛮性是日本战争必然失败的主要根据.
期刊摘选
- This barbarous enemy policy will be carried deeper into the interior of China.
- 敌人的这一野蛮政策,还要施之于更深的内地.
期刊摘选
- Their barbarous treatment of prisoners aroused great rage.
- 他们对犯人的残酷虐待激起了极大的愤怒.
期刊摘选
- It is a barbarous way to extend territory by arms.
- 以武力扩张领土是一种野蛮的方式.
期刊摘选
- All of the barbarous conquerors have been apt to carry matters with a high hand.
- 所有的野蛮征服者总是爱用高压手段.
期刊摘选
- He wanted them to do away with this barbarous custom.
- 他要他们废除这野蛮的习俗.
期刊摘选
- Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent.
- 没有道德的技术是野蛮的; 没有技术的道德是软弱无力的.
期刊摘选
- A bag of salt, among the barbarous tribes, was worth more than a man.
- 在原始部落里, 一袋盐比一个人还要珍贵.
期刊摘选
- Those immigrants were subjected to barbarous treatment.
- 那些移民遭受到野蛮的虐待.
期刊摘选
- Instead of being liked, he was dead, a bleeding cinder on the barbarous fire pile.
- 他没有得到人怜爱, 反而鲜血淋淋地躺在熊熊燃烧的烈火堆上,化为灰烬,离开了人世.
辞典例句
- It was barbarous to be happy when Edmund was suffering.
- 当埃德蒙痛苦的时候自己却心头高兴是残忍的.
辞典例句
- She received the most barbarous treatment.
- 她受到他们极为残暴的待遇.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.
- 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行.
《简明英汉词典》
- One man's mystical haven for wealth is another's unproductive barbarous relic.
- 一个人的神秘的财富庇护所则是另一个人的不毛的荒凉废墟.
辞典例句
- It is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms.
- 武力不过是主权扩张的一种愚蠢而野蛮的方式.
辞典例句
- It was barbarous to treat prisoners in that manner.
- 如此对待犯人,真是太残忍了.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.
- 清晨五点给人打电话是缺乏教养的行为.
《简明英汉词典》
- We protested strongly against such barbarous aggression.
- 我们强烈抗议这种野蛮的侵略行为.
辞典例句
- The best human intelligence is still decidedly barbarous.
- 极高的智慧必定仍然是野性的.
辞典例句
- But at no time was marriage a case of purchase , as among other barbarous people.
- 与其它原始人群不同的是,在这里,婚姻并没有被看作是可以买卖的交易.
期刊摘选
- In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man.
- 在报复和爱情之中,女人比男人更为野蛮.
期刊摘选
- Why are such beautiful things confined to such barbarous countries?
- 为什么在这么不开化的地方还有这些好东西?
辞典例句