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

• 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。
• If sensitive, he will become brutish.
  如果是感性的，他便与禽兽无异；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's a short, brutish struggle, then you die.
  只是一段短暂的，残忍的奋斗，然后你就死了。
• But its brutish behaviour will probably backfire.
  但是这种鲁莽行为可能让俄国自食其果。
• 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。