brutal

英[ˈbruːtl]
美[ˈbruːtl]

基本释义

  • adj.野蛮的,残暴的; 残酷的; 直言不讳的

词性变化

实用例句

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。

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

对反政府抗议的残酷镇压

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。

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。

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。

The afternoon sun had been brutal...

下午的太阳酷热难挡。

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

真题例句

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

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

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。

反义词