英语单词 | brutality |
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英美音标 | 英 [bruː'tæləti] 美 [bruː'tæləti] |
中文释义 | n.残忍;野蛮;暴行 |
英语例句 | (1) We can't put up with his brutality. (2) People were all stunned by his hideous brutality. (3) I have seldom seen such brutality. (4) Their brutality made one's hair rise on end. (5) That is a startling disclosure of police brutality. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们无法忍受他的残忍。 (2) 人们被他那骇人听闻的野蛮行为震惊了。 (3) 我很少见到这种暴行。 (4) 他们的暴行真令人发指。 (5) 那是一个揭发警察暴行的惊人消息。 |
vocabulary简明 | Brutality is extreme cruelty, deliberate violent meanness. Avoid being the giver or receiver of brutality if you wish to remain a happy human. |
vocabulary扩展 | Brutality comes from brutal (savage, fierce), plus -ity which makes it a noun. It’s the state of being a brute. Many criminals — especially murderers, rapists, and abusers — are guilty of brutality. Police brutality is what happens when the cops use extreme unnecessary force. Brutality is a strong word — just slapping someone isn't quite brutality. Brutality is more like beating a person with a tire iron. Brutality is also the name of a death metal band from Florida. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]野蛮行径;残暴行为 Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
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