barbarity

英 [bɑːˈbærəti]

美 [bɑːrˈbærəti]

n.  暴行; 残忍

复数：barbarities　

BNC.33107 / COCA.28784

牛津词典

noun

• 暴行；残忍
  behaviour that deliberately causes extreme pain or suffering to others

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 残忍的行为；暴行
  If you refer to someone's behaviour asbarbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
  1. Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity.
     叛变被残酷地镇压了下去。
  2. ...the barbarity of war.
     战事的残酷

英英释义

noun

• a brutal barbarous savage act
  Synonym:brutalitybarbarismsavagery
• the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
  Synonym:atrocityatrociousnessbarbarousnessheinousness

双语例句

• "Terrorist violence targeted against the Israelis once again claimed innocent people's lives," he said. Typical Cases of Humanity and Barbarity: Gandhiism and International Terrorism
  他表示：「针对以色列人的恐怖暴力再度夺走无辜人命。」人性与兽性的典型&甘地非暴力主义与国际恐怖主义之比较
• While meeting the increasing desires of humankind, war and technology revealed the conflict between humanity and barbarity of human nature.
  战争与科技在满足了人类膨胀的欲望的同时，又揭露了人类本性中的人性与兽性的对立。
• What happened in Fallujah was an act of barbarity.
  发生在费卢杰的是野蛮行为。
• Love to one only is a barbarity, for it is exercised at the expense of all others.
  对某个人的爱是一种野蛮行为，因为实践它要以其他所有人为代价。
• Typical Cases of Humanity and Barbarity: Gandhiism and International Terrorism
  人性与兽性的典型&甘地非暴力主义与国际恐怖主义之比较
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity.
  海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。
• Synchronically, human nature is the concrete unity of barbarity and humanity;
  从共时性上看，人的本质是兽性与人性具体的统一；
• Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity.
  叛变被残酷地镇压了下去。
• Mohandas Gandhi is the Indian nationalist and spiritual leader who developed the practice of nonviolent disobedience. Typical Cases of Humanity and Barbarity: Gandhiism and International Terrorism
  莫汉达斯甘地是8印度民族主义者和精神领袖。人性与兽性的典型&甘地非暴力主义与国际恐怖主义之比较
• This article holds that human nature is the combination of barbarity and humanity.
  认为人的本质是由“兽性”与“人性”共同构成的。