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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His expression was brutish and mocking.
  他的表情满是粗野和嘲弄。
• The poor people lived in brutish conditions.
  穷苦的人生活在牛马不如的环境中。
• Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
  琐安的首领，极其愚昧，法老大有智慧的谋士，所筹画的，成为愚昧。你们怎敢对法老说，我是智慧人的子孙，我是古王的后裔。
• 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。
• Well, dystopia is the direct opposite: a society in which life is nasty, short and brutish.
  而反乌托邦则是截然相反的：在这个社会中，所有生命都是肮脏，短暂且野蛮的。
• 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。