| 单词 | brute |
| 释义 | brute[bru:t]n. 畜生, 残忍或好色之人a. 残忍的, 无理性的, 畜生的 brute brute AHD: [br›t] D.J. [bru8t]K.K. [brut]n.（名词）1. An animal; a beast.畜生；野兽2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.残忍的人，粗暴的人，麻木不仁的人adj.（形容词）1. Of or relating to beasts; animal:野兽的，野蛮的：兽性的或与其相关的；野兽的：“None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter”(&b{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)2. Characteristic of a brute, especially:象野兽一样的，尤指：3. Entirely physical:完全是肉体上的：brute force.蛮力4. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:没有理性的，没有智慧的：a brute impulse.兽性的冲动5. Savage; cruel:野蛮的；残忍的：brute coercion.残酷的威逼6. Unremittingly severe:严酷的：was driven to steal food through brute necessity.由于极其困窘被迫去偷食7. Coarse; brutish.粗野的；愚蠢的语源:1. From Middle English [nonhuman] 源自 中古英语 [非人类] 2. from Old French brut 源自 古法语 brut 3. from Latin br&9{¿tus} [stupid] * see g wer…- 1源自 拉丁语 br&9{¿tus} [愚笨的] *参见 g wer…- 1继承用法:brut“ism n.（名词）参考词汇:1. brute,animal,brutish,brutal,beastly,bestial2. These 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。3. Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals: Brute 最具褒义，强调缺乏理解力和敏感性，而这两点使人与动物区分开来： brute force.蛮力。4. 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； animal vitality.动物的活力。5. Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity: Brutish 强调明显缺乏教养和敏感； He had the look of a dull and brutish man.他看起来是个迟钝粗野的人。6. Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty: Brutal 强调无情，残忍： bestial and sordid drunkenness.肮脏污秽的醉酒。7. 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： What a beastly storm! 多么可恶的暴风雨！ |
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