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brute

brute
[英] [bru:t] [美] [brut] 生词本

n.

adj.

  • 易混淆的单词：BRUTE  

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1. N-COUNT 粗野的人；残酷的人 If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive. 

  • Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.

    卡斯特是个白痴，是个残暴的家伙，他罪有应得。

  • ...a drunken brute.

    野蛮的醉鬼

2. ADJ 粗暴的；野蛮的 When you refer to brute strength or force, you are contrasting it with gentler methods or qualities. 

  • He used brute force to take control...

    他靠暴力获得了统治权。

  • Boxing is a test of skill and technique, rather than brute strength.

    拳击考验的是技能和技术，不是蛮力。

3. ADJ 本身的；基本的 Brute emotions or facts are basic feelings or responses to a situation, or the basic facts of this situation. 

  • ...brute loyalty to the herd.

    对群落的一种本能的忠诚

  • ...brute historical fact.

    基本的历史事实

  • ...the brute ugliness of nationalism and chauvinism.

    民族主义和沙文主义固有的丑陋本性

Noun

1. a cruelly rapacious person

2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Adjective

1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;

  • "beastly desires"
  • "a bestial nature"
  • "brute force"
  • "a dull and brutish man"
  • "bestial treatment of prisoners"

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  • 1.【修】强制，粗暴
1. He is a brute to his children.
他虐待子女。

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2. He is an unfeeling brute.
他是个无情的畜生。

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3. Man has struggled long against the brute forces of nature.
长期以来，人类一直在同无情的自然力作斗争。

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4. The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.
侵略军简直象一群野兽。

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5. The bear was a great brute.
熊是一种大型野兽。

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