brutish

英 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

美 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

adj.  残忍的; 粗野的; 蛮横的

TEM8

BNC.21141 / COCA.22580

牛津词典

adj.

• 残忍的；粗野的；蛮横的
  unkind and violent and not showing thought or intelligence

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 野蛮的；粗野的；未开化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asbrutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
  1. The man was brutish and coarse.
     那人野蛮粗俗。
  2. ...brutish bullying.
     野蛮的欺凌

英英释义

adj

• resembling a beast
  1. beastly desires
  2. a bestial nature
  3. brute force
  4. a dull and brutish man
  5. bestial treatment of prisoners
  Synonym:beastlybestialbrute(a)brutal

双语例句

• All in all, life has ceased to be quite so poor, nasty, brutish and short.
  总的来说，人类生活不再那么贫困、肮脏、野蛮和短暂。
• Thou shalt have the power to degenerate into the lower forms of life, which are brutish.
  你将有能力堕落为低级的生命形式，那将与禽兽无异。
• The idea of men beating each other senseless for pay seemed brutish to her.
  人们为了赚钱而毫无意义地互相斗殴，在她看来是野蛮的。
• If sensitive, he will become brutish.
  如果是感性的，他便与禽兽无异；
• The compiler, Fred Buller, an81-year-old former fishing-tackle salesman, reminds readers of the salmon's romantic, if brutish, life story.
  小册子的编辑者，福瑞得。布勒是一位八十高龄的前渔具销售员，在书中他使读者想起了关于那条巨大鲑鱼的传奇，恍若的野性，以及作者的人生故事。
• Japan had tried the more brutish British method of marauding around the region in pursuit of an empire.
  日本追求帝国梦的过程与英国相似，也曾对周边地区大肆劫掠，而且手段更为野蛮。
• The next night we revenged ourselves on the brutish giant in the following manner.
  在次夜我们自己报复残忍的大人的仇，因他继续的这样做着。
• It's a short, brutish struggle, then you die.
  只是一段短暂的，残忍的奋斗，然后你就死了。
• Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
  你们民间的畜类人当思想。你们愚顽人，到几时才有智慧呢。
• Resign yourself, my heart; sleep your brutish sleep.
  认命吧，我的心；愿你睡得像野兽一样。