brutish

英 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

美 [ˈbruːtɪʃ]

adj.  残忍的; 粗野的; 蛮横的

TEM8

BNC.21141 / COCA.22580

牛津词典

adj.

• 残忍的；粗野的；蛮横的
  unkind and violent and not showing thought or intelligence

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 野蛮的；粗野的；未开化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asbrutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
  1. The man was brutish and coarse.
     那人野蛮粗俗。
  2. ...brutish bullying.
     野蛮的欺凌

英英释义

adj

• resembling a beast
  1. beastly desires
  2. a bestial nature
  3. brute force
  4. a dull and brutish man
  5. bestial treatment of prisoners
  Synonym:beastlybestialbrute(a)brutal

双语例句

• The compiler, Fred Buller, an81-year-old former fishing-tackle salesman, reminds readers of the salmon's romantic, if brutish, life story.
  小册子的编辑者，福瑞得。布勒是一位八十高龄的前渔具销售员，在书中他使读者想起了关于那条巨大鲑鱼的传奇，恍若的野性，以及作者的人生故事。
• But while animal rights in China are improving, life for much of its human population remains largely nasty, brutish and short.
  不过，尽管中国的动物权利正在改善，大多数中国人的生命依然肮脏、野蛮和短暂。
• Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
  琐安的首领，极其愚昧，法老大有智慧的谋士，所筹画的，成为愚昧。你们怎敢对法老说，我是智慧人的子孙，我是古王的后裔。
• Man's life is nasty, brutish and short.
  人生是卑鄙、粗野而短暂的。
• Indeed, some point out that Britain has a long history of brusque and occasional brutish behavior.
  的确，有些人指出英国有长久的粗鲁和偶尔粗鲁的行为。
• Well, dystopia is the direct opposite: a society in which life is nasty, short and brutish.
  而反乌托邦则是截然相反的：在这个社会中，所有生命都是肮脏，短暂且野蛮的。
• But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
  他们尽都是畜类，是愚昧的。偶像的训诲算什么呢。
• It's a short, brutish struggle, then you die.
  只是一段短暂的，残忍的奋斗，然后你就死了。
• Life may have been nasty, brutish, and short, but the world that contained it was in some sense enchanted.
  人生或许是肮脏、粗鲁和短暂的，但在某种意义上，这个容纳它的世界却魅影重重。
• But its brutish behaviour will probably backfire.
  但是这种鲁莽行为可能让俄国自食其果。