savagery

英 [ˈsævɪdʒri]

美 [ˈsævɪdʒri]

n.  残暴行为

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BNC.15393 / COCA.18496

牛津词典

noun

• 残暴行为
  behaviour that is very cruel and violent
  1. The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.
     警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 凶恶行为;残暴行径;兽性
  Savageryis extremely cruel and violent behaviour.
  1. ...the sheer savagery of war.
     战争的残酷无情

英英释义

noun

• a brutal barbarous savage act
  Synonym:brutalitybarbaritybarbarism
• the trait of extreme cruelty
  Synonym:ferociousnessbrutalityviciousness
• the property of being untamed and ferocious
  1. the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
  2. a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
  Synonym:savageness

双语例句

• Yet his light Ulster lilt, as he sips water in his offices in Piccadilly, makes it hard to imagine him operating with a merciless savagery, in the words of one critic.
  不过，当他在位于伦敦皮卡迪利大街的办公室里一边喝水，一边哼着轻快的阿尔斯特曲调，人们将很难想象他无情与野蛮的管理（某位批评人士的话）。
• His reputation for savagery and belligerence is nothing but a myth.
  它的野蛮好斗的名声纯系神话。
• Thus was Japan's pacifism born from the savagery of war.
  日本的和平主义正是源自战争的残忍。
• They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.
  他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。
• She recoiled from the savagery in his voice.
  他凶神恶煞般的说话声令她畏缩不前。
• He beat the dog with great savagery.
  他极其残忍地打那条狗。
• We will meet it with a savagery of our own.
  我们就用我们自己的兽性去对付。
• The Australian aborigines and many of the Polynesians are still in this middle stage of savagery today.
  即在今日，澳大利亚人和许多波利尼西亚人还是处在蒙昧时代的这个中级阶段上。
• It was an act of disgrace and savagery.
  这是耻辱和野性的表现。
• The bow and arrow was for savagery what the iron sword was for barbarism and fire-arms for civilization& the decisive weapon.
  弓箭对于蒙昧时代，正如铁剑对于野蛮时代和火器对于文明时代一样，乃是决定性的武器。