brute

导读:单词音标
brute音标[bru:t]
汉语翻译n. 畜生, 残忍或好色之人a. 残忍的, 无理性的, 畜生的词型变化名词:brutism词意辨析animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle这些名词均

单词音标

brute音标[bru:t]

汉语翻译

n. 畜生, 残忍或好色之人

a. 残忍的, 无理性的, 畜生的

词型变化

名词:brutism

词意辨析

animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle

这些名词均含“动物”之意。

animal: 普通用词,指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。

beast: 指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。

creature: 通常指生物或动物,与非生动相对。指人时,则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。

brute: 特指野兽。用于人时,突出其野蛮或残忍。

cattle: 指大牲畜,尤其指牛。

英语解释

名词 brute:

a cruelly rapacious person

同义词:beast, wolf, savage, wildcat

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

同义词:animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

形容词 brute:

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

同义词:beastly, bestial, brutish

例句

His father was a drunken brute.

他的父亲是个酗酒成性、冷酷无情的人。

That dog looks a real brute.

那条狗真像一只野兽。

You\'ve forgotten my birthday again, you brute!

你真没良心,又把我的生日忘了!

That dog is a dangerous brute; it bites people.

那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。

详细解释

brute

n.(名词)

An animal; a beast.

畜生;野兽

A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.

残忍的人,粗暴的人,麻木不仁的人

adj.(形容词)

Of or relating to beasts; animal:

野兽的,野蛮的:兽性的或与其相关的;野兽的:

例句:

.None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter.(Henry David Thoreau)

.所有野蛮的动物需要的只是食物和栖息所而已.(亨利·戴维·梭罗)

Characteristic of a brute, especially:

象野兽一样的,尤指:

Entirely physical:

完全是肉体上的:

例句:

brute force.

蛮力

Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:

没有理性的,没有智慧的:

例句:

a brute impulse.

兽性的冲动

Savage; cruel:

野蛮的;残忍的:

例句:

brute coercion.

残酷的威逼

Unremittingly severe:

严酷的:

例句:

was driven to steal food through brute necessity.

由于极其困窘被迫去偷食

Coarse; brutish.

粗野的;愚蠢的

来源:

From Middle English [nonhuman]

源自 中古英语 [非人类]

from Old French brut

源自 古法语 brut

from Latin brôtus [stupid] * see g wer…-

源自 拉丁语 brôtus [愚笨的] *参见 g wer…-

【引伸】

brut.ism

n.(名词)

<参考词汇><同义词>brute,animal,brutish,brutal,beastly,bestialThese adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.

这些形容词都表示具有较低等动物而不是人的特征的。

Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals:

Brute *具褒义,强调缺乏理解力和敏感性,而这两点使人与动物区分开来:

例句:

brute force.

蛮力。

Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit:

Animal 强调与智力、精神相对的生理性质;

例句:

animal vitality.

动物的活力。

Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity:

Brutish 强调明显缺乏教养和敏感;

例句:

He had the look of a dull and brutish man.

他看起来是个迟钝粗野的人。

Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty:

Brutal 强调无情,残忍:

例句:

.the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit. (William Howitt).Bothbeastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation:

.纵狗咬牛或斗鸡的残酷娱乐. (威廉·豪威特)。beastlybeastial 含有堕落,道德腐化的意思:

例句:

indulging beastly desires;

放纵的兽欲;

例句:

bestial and sordid drunkenness.

肮脏污秽的醉酒。

Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable:

Beastly 常用来指仅仅给人造成不愉快的东西:

例句:

What a beastly storm!

多么可恶的暴风雨!

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