inhumanity

英 [ˌɪnhjuːˈmænəti]

美 [ˌɪnhjuːˈmænəti]

n.  残酷的行为(或待遇); 无人性; 不人道

TEM8法律

BNC.21934 / COCA.24093

牛津词典

noun

• 残酷的行为（或待遇）；无人性；不人道
  cruel behaviour or treatment; the fact of not having the usual human qualities of kindness and pity
  1. man's inhumanity to man
     人类相残
  2. the inhumanity of the system
     这个体制的不人道

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无人性;野蛮;残酷
  You can describe extremely cruel actions asinhumanity.
  1. ...the inhumanity of war.
     战争的残酷
  2. ...man's inhumanity to man.
     人施加于同类的凶残

英英释义

noun

• an act of atrocious cruelty
  Synonym:atrocity
• the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
  Synonym:inhumaneness

双语例句

• There is a clear contrast between the two owners of Sweet Home and the inhumanity of the slavery system is exposed to the readers.
  甜蜜之家的两个主人形成了鲜明的对比，作者由此向读者揭示了奴隶制非人性的一面。
• If the United States and Britain insist on sanctions on Iraq, it will inevitably cause more child deaths, and they should be responsible for such inhumanity.
  美英两国坚持对伊制裁势必造成更多的伊拉克儿童死亡，它们要对此非人道的行径承担一切责任。
• Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house.
  主人盘问他怎么会跑到这儿，我不得不坦白承认，为了惩罚我的软弱和残忍，我被赶出了家门。
• The learning fatigue of the contemporary university students is the result of chronic response when they cannot smoothly face with the extreme pressures in learning, which are displayed from three symptoms: emotional exhaustion, inhumanity, and low personal accomplishment.
  当代大学生学业倦怠是大学生不能顺利应对压力时对学业产生的一种极端反应，表现为情绪衰竭、非人性化和低成就感等三个方面的症状。
• H. Lawrence believes that the civilized world has become a spiritual wasteland. Actually, the contradictory unity of humanity and inhumanity is the consciousness and subconsciousness of human beings in the civilized world.
  劳伦斯试图为西方的精神荒原找到一条出路。这种人性素质和非人性素质的对立统一，其实就是文明社会中成年人身上所共同具有的意识和潜意识的双重状态。
• It matters that nearly a hundred years ago, in direct response to the utter horror and inhumanity of World War I, that the civilized world agreed that chemical weapons should never be used again.
  将近100年前，作为对第一次世界大战的惨烈和非人道的直接回应，文明世界一致同意永远不得再使用化学武器。
• The Master said, I have never seen anyone who loves humanity, nor one who hates inhumanity.
  孔子说，我没有见到真正喜欢仁和真正厌恶不仁的人；
• Man's inhumanity to man seems to have no limits.
  人类对同类的残忍似乎没有极限。
• About the horrors and the inhumanity.
  关于那个令人恐怖而且不人道的事。
• The death penalty needs to be modern to blur its brutality and inhumanity in America.
  在美国，死刑需要被罩上现代的光环以模糊其残忍性和不人道性。