brutal
adj. 残忍的；野蛮的，不讲理的
adj.
野蛮的；残忍的；不讲理的；无情的
双语释义
adj.(形容词)无情的,野蛮的 showing a complete lack of kind or sensitive human feelings
英英释义
brutal[ 'bru:təl ]
adj.
(of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
"brutal instruments of torture"
同义词：cruel
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"brutal beatings"
同义词：barbarouscruelfellroughshodsavagevicious
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
brutal attack野蛮的袭击
brutal attacker暴徒
brutal violations粗暴的践踏
brutal winter严酷的冬天
词组短语
brutal violence暴力
同近义词辨析
brutal, ruthless, savage, fierce, inhuman, barbarous, cruel这组词都有“残忍的”的意思，其区别是：
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。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
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。
fierce指天性凶恶，令人害怕。
inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
cruel一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.
人民多年遭受野蛮制度压迫。
The enemy made a brutal attack upon the villagers.
敌人对村民们进行了野蛮的攻击。
NATO's invasion of this independent country is a brutal violation of human rights.
北约对这个独立的国家的侵略是对人权的野蛮侵犯。
The brutal soldiers beat their prisoners ruthlessly.
残暴的士兵野蛮地抽打俘虏。
Children were rent from their mothers' arms by the brutal soldiers.
凶残的士兵把孩子们从母亲的怀抱中夺走了。
权威例句
Brutal CompositionBrutal Composition
Brutal bosses and their prey
The brutal elimination of a rival among captive male chimpanzees
Brutal Reasoning: Animals, Rationality and Humanity in Early Modern England
Brutal Borders? Examining the Treatment of Deportees during Arrest and Detention
Suu Kyi Too Hot for Asia's Most Brutal Regime to Handle
Brutal Choreographies: Oppositional Strategies and Narrative Design in the Novels of Margaret Atwood
The Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War
Tragedy in Amish Country; A Brutal Pennsylvania Slaying Brought Together Neighbors Who Live Worlds Apart
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.
1. face the brutal truth that...
面对…的残酷事实
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. He pushed her violently away with brutal words.
他骂骂咧咧粗暴地推开了她。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. The criteria of this social life are brutal.
这种社交生活中标尺是残酷无情的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. More brutal tactics might have embarrassed him with the Swiss.
采用更野蛮的手法可能会使他在瑞士人面前交待不过去。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. I was selfish and brutal, I forgot how much you had to lose.
我自私，残忍；我忘了你得付出多大的代价。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.
人民多年遭受野蛮制度压迫.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Jeanie followed her consequential and surly, but not brutal, conductor towards the rectory.
珍妮跟着这个趾高气扬、有点乖戾，但不算粗野的带路人向教区住宅走去。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. This issue was not faced in its brutal realism by General Gamelin.
甘默林将军没有用无情的现实主义正视这一问题。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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