ferocity

英 [fəˈrɒsəti]

美 [fəˈrɑːsəti]

n.  残暴; 凶猛; 凶恶; 猛烈

复数：ferocities　

TEM8

BNC.14118 / COCA.15993

牛津词典

noun

• 残暴；凶猛；凶恶；猛烈
  violence; aggressive behaviour
  1. The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
     警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 凶猛;狂暴;激烈
  Theferocityof something is its fierce or violent nature.
  1. The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
     进攻非常猛烈,武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being wild or turbulent
  1. the storm's violence
  Synonym:fiercenessfuriousnessfuryvehemenceviolencewildness

双语例句

• Featuring unparalleled ferocity and iron discipline, they can be mustered on a moment's notice.
  以举世无双的残暴和铁一样的纪律为特征，他们可以在收到通告后极短的时间内集合起来。
• Although Sinbad pronounced these words with much calmness, his eyes gave forth gleams of extraordinary ferocity.
  虽然辛巴德在说这些话的时候态度很平静，但从他的眼睛里却射出了异常凶猛的光芒。
• All his political activities betrayed ferocity and violence.
  他的整个政治生涯暴露了他的残暴本性。
• The answer is: focus and ferocity.
  答案是：专注和坚决。
• For men, the moko showed their rank, their status and their ferocity, or virility.
  对男性来说，文身显示着他们的阶层、地位和凶猛或男子的气概。
• But the ferocity of the temblors and the huge death tolls may be the only parallels between the two quake-stricken nations.
  但是地震的无情和令人震惊的死亡人数可能是海地和中国这两个都被地震侵袭的国家仅有的相同点了。
• Fled in fear ofthe ferocity of man.
  因为害怕人类的凶残而逃走。
• The ferocity of them frightened me.
  他们的残暴吓坏了我。
• The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
  这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。
• The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
  进攻非常猛烈，武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。