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brutal

英['bruːt(ə)l] 美['brutl]
  • adj. 残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的

英英释意


1. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
"brutal instruments of torture"
"cruel weapons of war"
2. (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"
3. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
"brutal weather"
"northern winters can be cruel"
"a cruel world"
"a harsh climate"
"a rigorous climate"
"unkind winters"