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Brute  Word Origin 牛津8 Brutenoun, Adjectivebre /Bruːt/Name /Bruːt/Noun  Example Bank 1 (Sometimes Humorous) A

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brutenoun, adjectiveBrE /bruːt/NAmE /bruːt/noun

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1 (sometimes humorous) a man who treats people in an unkind, cruel wayHis father was a drunken brute. You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute! an ugly brute2 a large strong animal3 a thing which is awkward and unpleasantadjective

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[only before noun]1 involving physical strength only and not thought or intelligencebrute force/strength2 basic and unpleasantthe brute facts of inequality Their desire for independence has to do with brute economics.

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柯林斯2008

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