brutality

英 [bruːˈtæləti]

美 [bruːˈtæləti]

n.  野蛮行径; 残暴行为

复数：brutalities　

Collins.1 / BNC.11149 / COCA.8623

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 野蛮行径；残暴行为
  Brutalityis cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. Abrutalityis an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
  1. Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.
     男人给她的感受是支配一切，野蛮残暴。
  2. ...police brutality.
     警察的残暴行为
  3. ...the atrocities and brutalities committed by a former regime.
     前政权犯下的残暴罪行

英英释义

noun

• a brutal barbarous savage act
  Synonym:barbaritybarbarismsavagery
• the trait of extreme cruelty
  Synonym:ferociousnessviciousnesssavagery

双语例句

• The last twenty-four hours have witnessed a carnival of brutality.
  在过去的二十四小时里，我亲眼目睹了残忍的活剧。
• It says that it never exist, because there has been many instances of hatred and brutality in relationships.
  它说，它从未存在，因为有了许多情况下的仇恨和残暴的关系。
• First of all, education should be consolidated to eliminate the brutality and beastliness in human nature.
  首先，必须落实教育，以去除人性中的残酷与兽性；
• Police brutality and unfair adjudication are intrinsic stubborn diseases of the United States.
  警察滥施暴力和司法不公是美国的一个顽症。
• 'You're well out of it,' Christopher said with unconscious brutality.
  “幸亏没你什么事儿，”克里斯托弗无意中冷冷地说道。
• In2006 he was sentenced to four years in jail for exposing the brutality of officials enforcing family-planning regulations.
  2006年，他因揭露政府工作人员在执行计划生育政策时的野蛮行为被判处有期徒刑四年。
• The brutality employed by Mr Assad and the stand-off in Libya speak to the potential for more violent upheaval.
  阿萨德的残忍和利比亚的僵局表明，还有可能发生更加暴力的动荡。
• His veins were full of ancestral blood that was rotten with this sort of unconscious brutality.
  他的血管里，充满了祖代传留的，由于这种不自觉的残忍而腐朽的血液。
• But in the city, all the foulness and misery and brutality of your neighbours was part of your life.
  但在城市，所有的肮脏和痛苦和残酷的邻居是生活的一部分。
• Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.
  男人给她的感受是支配一切，野蛮残暴。