[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]凶恶的；残暴的；凶猛的；野的；未驯服的 Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled.
This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.
1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮
...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain.
扯着链子不断猛扑的一只恶狗
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He was savagely beaten.
他遭到了一顿毒打。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]野蛮人；未开化的人 If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent.
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...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.
他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人
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[VERB 动词](狗等)凶猛地攻击，撕咬 If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.
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The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.
接着野兽突然袭击了他，最后把他咬死了。
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[VERB 动词]激烈批评；猛烈抨击 If someone or something that they have done is savaged by another person, that person criticizes them severely.
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The show had already been savaged by critics...
这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。
Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor.
发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。
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sav·age/ˈsævɪdʒ; NAmEˈsævɪdʒ/
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savagesavagessavagedsavagingadjective1aggressive and violent; causing great harm 凶恶的；凶残的；损害严重的SYN
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◆savage dogs恶狗◆She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack’.她遭受袭击而身受重伤，警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”。◆savage public spending cuts拚命削减公共开支2involving very strong criticism 猛烈抨击的◆The article was a savage attack on the government's record.文章对政府的业绩进行了猛烈的抨击。3[only before noun ]( old-fashioned,taboo) an offensive way of referring to groups of people or customs that are considered to be simple and not highly developed 蒙昧的；未开化的；野蛮的SYN
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◆a savage tribe野蛮部落▶sav·age·ly/ˈsævɪdʒli; NAmEˈsævɪdʒli/adverb◆savagely attacked/criticized受到猛烈的攻击╱批评◆‘No!’ he snarled savagely.“不！”他恶狠狠地嚷道。noun1( old-fashioned,taboo) an offensive word for sb who belongs to a people that is simple and not developed 野蛮人；未开化的人◆the development of the human race from primitive savages人类走出蒙昧的演进过程2a cruel and violent person 凶狠残暴的人◆He described the attack as the work of savages.他把这次袭击称为野蛮行径。verb[usually passive ]1savagesb (of an animal 动物)to attack sb violently, causing serious injury 凶狠地攻击（或伤害）；残害◆She was savaged to deathby a bear. 她遭熊袭击而丧命。2savagesb/sth ( formal) to criticize sb/sth severely 猛烈批评；激烈抨击◆Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。sav·age/ˈsævɪdʒ; NAmEˈsævɪdʒ/sav·age·ly/ˈsævɪdʒli; NAmEˈsævɪdʒli/
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savagesav‧age1 /ˈsævɪdʒ/ ●○○ adjective
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1violent very violent or cruelSYN vicious: a savage dog a savage murder► see thesaurus at
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2criticizing criticizing someone or something very severelyOPP mild: a savage attack on the government3severe very severe: The government has announced savage cuts in spending. a savage storm4people [only before noun] old-fashioned not polite an offensive word used to describe people who have a simple traditional way of life → primitive: · a savage tribe—savagely adverb: He was savagely attacked and beaten.—savageness noun [uncountable]
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savagesavage2 noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite
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a very offensive word for someone who has a simple traditional way of life
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1if an animal such as a dog savages someone, it attacks them and injures them badlySYN maul2to criticize someone or something very severelySYN attack: The prime minister was savaged by the press for failing to take action quickly enough.
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