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brute n.畜生；残忍的人adj.残忍的；无理性的；粗暴的 (1) 艾克曼不是一个低三下四的警察畜生。(2) 你真不该把那个畜生带到咱们这个圈子里来！(3) 使用残忍的武力平息反叛。(4) 卡洛尔，会不会是狗更多地是一种简单粗暴的比比戈？ A violent, savage person can be described as a brute, and so can a wild animal. Someone who's less monstrous but is still unpleasant can also be a brute, and it can be used as an adjective to mean, basically, "brutal." If it's more animal than human, you can call it brute, like the brute power of an invading army. The Latin brutus, "heavy, dull, or stupid," gave rise to brute, which through the 15th century only referred to animals.

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英 [bruːt] 美 [bruːt] (1) Eichmann is not a low police brute.(2) That's your fault for foisting the brute on us.(3) Brute force was used to put down the revolt.(4) Carole, could it be that Dog is more of a brute than a bigot? His road rage may turn your dad into a brute when he gets behind the wheel. A brute is a person who is as ferocious as a wild animal. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]粗野的人；残酷的人 If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.   [disapproval]Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.卡斯特是个白痴，是个残暴的家伙，他罪有应得。...a drunken brute.野蛮的醉鬼2[ADJ 形容词]粗暴的；野蛮的 When you refer to brute strength or force, you are contrasting it with gentler methods or qualities.   [ADJ n]He used brute force to take control...他靠暴力获得了统治权。Boxing is a test of skill and technique, rather than brute strength.拳击考验的是技能和技术，不是蛮力。3[ADJ 形容词]本身的；基本的 Brute emotions or facts are basic feelings or responses to a situation, or the basic facts of this situation.   [ADJ n]...brute loyalty to the herd.对群落的一种本能的忠诚...brute historical fact.基本的历史事实...the brute ugliness of nationalism and chauvinism.民族主义和沙文主义固有的丑陋本性

英语单词	brute
英美音标	英 [bruːt] 美 [bruːt]
中文释义	n.畜生；残忍的人 adj.残忍的；无理性的；粗暴的
英语例句	(1) Eichmann is not a low police brute. (2) That's your fault for foisting the brute on us. (3) Brute force was used to put down the revolt. (4) Carole, could it be that Dog is more of a brute than a bigot?
中文例句	(1) 艾克曼不是一个低三下四的警察畜生。 (2) 你真不该把那个畜生带到咱们这个圈子里来！ (3) 使用残忍的武力平息反叛。 (4) 卡洛尔，会不会是狗更多地是一种简单粗暴的比比戈？
vocabulary简明	His road rage may turn your dad into a brute when he gets behind the wheel. A brute is a person who is as ferocious as a wild animal.
vocabulary扩展	A violent, savage person can be described as a brute, and so can a wild animal. Someone who's less monstrous but is still unpleasant can also be a brute, and it can be used as an adjective to mean, basically, "brutal." If it's more animal than human, you can call it brute, like the brute power of an invading army. The Latin brutus, "heavy, dull, or stupid," gave rise to brute, which through the 15th century only referred to animals.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]粗野的人；残酷的人 If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive. [disapproval] Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate. 卡斯特是个白痴，是个残暴的家伙，他罪有应得。 ...a drunken brute. 野蛮的醉鬼 2 [ADJ 形容词]粗暴的；野蛮的 When you refer to brute strength or force, you are contrasting it with gentler methods or qualities. [ADJ n] He used brute force to take control... 他靠暴力获得了统治权。 Boxing is a test of skill and technique, rather than brute strength. 拳击考验的是技能和技术，不是蛮力。 3 [ADJ 形容词]本身的；基本的 Brute emotions or facts are basic feelings or responses to a situation, or the basic facts of this situation. [ADJ n] ...brute loyalty to the herd. 对群落的一种本能的忠诚 ...brute historical fact. 基本的历史事实 ...the brute ugliness of nationalism and chauvinism. 民族主义和沙文主义固有的丑陋本性

Brute Force Person Wild Animal Violent Call Adj