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 idea of men beating each other senseless for pay seemed brutish to her.
人们为了赚钱而毫无意义地互相斗殴，在她看来是野蛮的。
His expression was brutish and mocking.
他的表情满是粗野和嘲弄。
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。
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。
Hobbes refers to the sovereign as a mortal god, as his answer to the problems of the state of nature, the state, the condition of life being solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
君主就是生在凡间的神，霍布斯在回答，什么是国家的本质时这样比喻到，他的国家，他的生命都总是孤独，穷苦，下流，野蛮和短暂的。
Thou shalt have the power to degenerate into the lower forms of life, which are brutish.
你将有能力堕落为低级的生命形式，那将与禽兽无异。
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。
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。
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
你们民间的畜类人当思想。你们愚顽人，到几时才有智慧呢。
Unperturbed, some yaks and goats quietly graze, while a brutish dog goes berserk, tugging dementedly at a rope in an effort to get free and kill me.
一些牦牛和山羊则继续安静的吃草，而一只凶恶的狗发狂起来，疯狂的试图挣脱绳索杀死我。