brutal

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基本釋義

adj.
野蠻的,殘暴的; 殘酷的; 直言不諱的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

the brutalities of war

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的殘酷

牛津詞典

He was brutally assaulted.

他遭到毒打。

牛津詞典

Let me be brutally frank about this.

讓我把這件事無情地挑明說吧。

牛津詞典

police brutality

警察的粗暴

牛津詞典

With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.

她冷酷地直接告訴他,她不愛他。

牛津詞典

a brutal attack/murder/rape/killing

野蠻的攻擊 / 謀殺 / 強(qiáng)奸 / 殺害

牛津詞典

He was the victim of a very brutal murder.

他是一樁惡性謀殺案的受害者。

...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests...

對(duì)反政府抗議的殘酷鎮(zhèn)壓

It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty...

他們直言不諱地談?wù)撟约汉妥约旱母惺埽屓擞X得耳目一新。

He took an anguished breath. He had to be brutal and say it.

他痛苦地吸了口氣,不得不坦言此事。

The dip in prices this summer will be brutal...

今年夏天價(jià)格的大幅下跌將會(huì)很殘酷。

The afternoon sun had been brutal...

下午的太陽酷熱難擋。

The rebellion and its brutal suppression provided gendarmes with a new method of enriching themselves.

這次起義和對(duì)起義的殘酷鎮(zhèn)壓給憲兵們開辟了新的生財(cái)之道.

期刊摘選

Now we have cool air to escape to from this brutal weather.

現(xiàn)在,我們有涼風(fēng)來躲避這酷暑難當(dāng)?shù)奶鞖饬?

期刊摘選

Murder is a brutal crime.

殺人是一種殘暴的犯罪行為.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

She has to face the brutal reality.

她不得不去面對(duì)冷酷的現(xiàn)實(shí).

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Seldom is a conflict pushed to its ultimate brutal issue.

很少有一種沖突發(fā)展成為軒然大波.

期刊摘選

Now the issue came with blunt and brutal force.

但在現(xiàn)在,問題卻來得那么直截了當(dāng)而粗暴.

辭典例句

He recalls confrontations, additional interrogations in the middle of the night, and brutal beatings.

他回憶起當(dāng)時(shí)有當(dāng)面對(duì)質(zhì), 半夜突擊的審問, 還有野蠻的毆打.

期刊摘選

A man should remain unyielding in the face of brutal force!

男子漢大丈夫危難時(shí)候要做到威武不屈!

期刊摘選

His strong and brutal way of dealing with things is hard for his colleagues to accept.

他強(qiáng)蠻的做事方法讓同事們很難接受.

期刊摘選

Also, chow yun fat dials down his performance as a brutal emperor with a stolid temperament.

同時(shí), 周潤(rùn)發(fā)用冷淡的性格來演出一個(gè)殘忍的皇帝.

期刊摘選

The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.

殖民者慘絕人寰地屠殺了成千的土著居民.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He was known for running a brutal extortion racket.

他因干過一起殘忍的敲詐勒索而出名.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.

我對(duì)他們的暴行提出口頭抗議.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The brutal soldiers beat their prisoners ruthlessly.

殘暴的士兵野蠻地抽打俘虜.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.

他們表面上溫文有禮,骨子里卻是野蠻殘忍.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.

她冷酷地直接告訴他,她不愛他。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.

他們幸福地生活在不受殘酷現(xiàn)實(shí)干擾的世界里。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

As one of the most brutal predators (食肉動(dòng)物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

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.

2012年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 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"

同義詞辨析

cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

這些形容詞都有"殘忍的,野蠻的"之意。

  • cruel: 一般用詞,指行動(dòng)或態(tài)度的殘忍。
  • brutal: 指極端的殘忍,強(qiáng)調(diào)無情或缺乏同情心,含不擇手段的意味。
  • inhuman: 著重缺乏同情心、仁愛等人類特有的良好的品質(zhì)。
  • savage: 指缺乏文明人應(yīng)有的教養(yǎng),尤指在動(dòng)怒或沖動(dòng)時(shí)表現(xiàn)出的粗野蠻橫,含野蠻意味。
  • barbarous: 專指只有原始或未開化的人才會(huì)有的殘忍行為。
  • fierce: 指天性兇惡,令人害怕。
  • ruthless與cruel同義。強(qiáng)調(diào)為達(dá)到目的,對(duì)別人的痛苦毫無憐憫之心。

同義詞

adj.粗暴的;殘忍的

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反義詞

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