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Brutality Violent Police Extreme Cruel Treatment Behaviour 英

英语单词 brutality
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
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[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.
  • Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.

    男人给她的感受是支配一切,野蛮残暴。

  • ...police brutality.

    警察的残暴行为

  • ...the atrocities and brutalities committed by a former regime.

    前政权犯下的残暴罪行

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