barbarous

英['bɑːbərəs] 美['bɑːrbərəs]
  • adj. 野蛮的;粗俗的
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Adjective:
  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

    "a barbarous crime"
    "brutal beatings"
    "cruel tortures"
    "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
    "a savage slap"
    "vicious kicks"

  2. primitive in customs and culture

1. He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the barbarous treatment of these prisoners of war
对这些战俘的残酷待遇

来自《权威词典》

3. They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.
他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. It was barbarous to treat prisoners in that manner.
如此对待犯人,真是太残忍了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.
清晨五点给人打电话是缺乏教养的行为.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. It is a barbarous way to extend territory by arms.
      以武力扩张领土是一种野蛮的方式。
    2. It's likely to be the most barbarous war that we have ever known.
      这将会是一场我们所知道的最残忍的战争。
    3. It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.
      清晨五点给人打电话是缺乏教养的行为。
cruel,brutal,inhuman,savage,barbarous,fierce,ruthless
  • 这些形容词都有“残忍的”,“野蛮的”之意。
  • cruel一般用词,指行动或态度的残忍。
  • brutal指极端的残忍,强调无情或缺乏同情心,含不择手段的意味。
  • inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
  • savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养,尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横,含野蛮意味。
  • barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
  • fierce指天性凶恶,令人害怕。
  • ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的,对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。