brutal
英 ['bruːt(ə)l]
美['brutl]
- adj. 残忍的；野蛮的，不讲理的
词态变化
副词: brutally;名词: brutality;
助记提示
1. 残忍的杀了他，不如偷他.
英英释意
- 1. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
- "brutal instruments of torture"
- "cruel weapons of war"
- 2. (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"
- 3. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
- "brutal weather"
- "northern winters can be cruel"
- "a cruel world"
- "a harsh climate"
- "a rigorous climate"
- "unkind winters"
英文词源
- brutal (adj.)
- mid-15c., in reference to the nature of animals, from Latin brutus (see brute (adj.)) + -al (1). Of persons, "fierce," 1640s. Related: Brutally.
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。
考试真题
- As one of the most brutal predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.
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- This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, but an average guy, up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.
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实用场景例句
- the brutalities of war
- 战争的残酷
牛津词典
- He was brutally assaulted.
- 他遭到毒打。
牛津词典
- Let me be brutally frank about this.
- 让我把这件事无情地挑明说吧。
牛津词典
- police brutality
- 警察的粗暴
牛津词典
- With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.
- 她冷酷地直接告诉他，她不爱他。
牛津词典
- a brutal attack/murder/rape/killing
- 野蛮的攻击 / 谋杀 / 强奸 / 杀害
牛津词典
- He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
- 他是一桩恶性谋杀案的受害者。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests...
- 对反政府抗议的残酷镇压
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty...
- 他们直言不讳地谈论自己和自己的感受，让人觉得耳目一新。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He took an anguished breath. He had to be brutal and say it.
- 他痛苦地吸了口气，不得不坦言此事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The dip in prices this summer will be brutal...
- 今年夏天价格的大幅下跌将会很残酷。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The afternoon sun had been brutal...
- 下午的太阳酷热难挡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The rebellion and its brutal suppression provided gendarmes with a new method of enriching themselves.
- 这次起义和对起义的残酷镇压给宪兵们开辟了新的生财之道.
期刊摘选
- Now we have cool air to escape to from this brutal weather.
- 现在,我们有凉风来躲避这酷暑难当的天气了.
期刊摘选
- Murder is a brutal crime.
- 杀人是一种残暴的犯罪行为.
《简明英汉词典》
- She has to face the brutal reality.
- 她不得不去面对冷酷的现实.
《简明英汉词典》
- Seldom is a conflict pushed to its ultimate brutal issue.
- 很少有一种冲突发展成为轩然大波.
期刊摘选
- Now the issue came with blunt and brutal force.
- 但在现在,问题却来得那么直截了当而粗暴.
辞典例句
- He recalls confrontations, additional interrogations in the middle of the night, and brutal beatings.
- 他回忆起当时有当面对质, 半夜突击的审问, 还有野蛮的殴打.
期刊摘选
- A man should remain unyielding in the face of brutal force!
- 男子汉大丈夫危难时候要做到威武不屈!
期刊摘选
- His strong and brutal way of dealing with things is hard for his colleagues to accept.
- 他强蛮的做事方法让同事们很难接受.
期刊摘选
- Also, chow yun fat dials down his performance as a brutal emperor with a stolid temperament.
- 同时, 周润发用冷淡的性格来演出一个残忍的皇帝.
期刊摘选
- The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.
- 殖民者惨绝人寰地屠杀了成千的土著居民.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was known for running a brutal extortion racket.
- 他因干过一起残忍的敲诈勒索而出名.
《简明英汉词典》
- I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.
- 我对他们的暴行提出口头抗议.
《简明英汉词典》
- The brutal soldiers beat their prisoners ruthlessly.
- 残暴的士兵野蛮地抽打俘虏.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.
- 他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍.
《简明英汉词典》
- With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.
- 她冷酷地直接告诉他，她不爱他。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.
- 他们幸福地生活在不受残酷现实干扰的世界里。
柯林斯例句