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 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。
• Resign yourself, my heart; sleep your brutish sleep.
  认命吧，我的心；愿你睡得像野兽一样。
• His expression was brutish and mocking.
  他的表情满是粗野和嘲弄。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
  试着翻译一下：最糟糕的是人们一直处于因暴力导致死亡的恐惧和危险中，人的生命也孤独、贫乏、龌龊、粗野而且短促。
• If sensitive, he will become brutish.
  如果是感性的，他便与禽兽无异；
• 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。
• 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。