brutish

英 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

美 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

adj.  残忍的; 粗野的; 蛮横的

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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

• The poor people lived in brutish conditions.
  穷苦的人生活在牛马不如的环境中。
• 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。
• Man's life is nasty, brutish and short.
  人生是卑鄙、粗野而短暂的。
• And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
  我必将我的恼恨倒在你身上，将我烈怒的火喷在你身上。又将你交在善于杀灭的畜类人手中。
• 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。
• Hobbes refers to the sovereign as a mortal god, as his answer to the problems of the state of nature, the state, the condition of life being solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
  君主就是生在凡间的神，霍布斯在回答，什么是国家的本质时这样比喻到，他的国家，他的生命都总是孤独，穷苦，下流，野蛮和短暂的。
• Unperturbed, some yaks and goats quietly graze, while a brutish dog goes berserk, tugging dementedly at a rope in an effort to get free and kill me.
  一些牦牛和山羊则继续安静的吃草，而一只凶恶的狗发狂起来，疯狂的试图挣脱绳索杀死我。
• Indeed, some point out that Britain has a long history of brusque and occasional brutish behavior.
  的确，有些人指出英国有长久的粗鲁和偶尔粗鲁的行为。
• Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
  喜爱管教的，就是喜爱知识。恨恶责备的，却是畜类。
• But while animal rights in China are improving, life for much of its human population remains largely nasty, brutish and short.
  不过，尽管中国的动物权利正在改善，大多数中国人的生命依然肮脏、野蛮和短暂。