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

• 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。
• There's a difference between craziness that is smart and funny and witty and clever, and dumb brutish craziness, which there's too much of.
  那些幽默风趣的疯狂和现在到处都是的那些傻里兮兮的疯狂是有区别的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some cultural practices such as genital mutilation or foot-binding or bride-burning are too brutish to defer to.
  某些文化上的习俗例如生殖器切除、裹小脚和火烧新娘太过残忍，难以接受。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 poor people lived in brutish conditions.
  穷苦的人生活在牛马不如的环境中。