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brute

音標[bru:t] 讀音

漢語翻譯

n. 畜生, 殘忍或好色之人
a. 殘忍的, 無理性的, 畜生的

詞型變化:

名詞:brutism 

詞意辨析:

animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle
這些名詞均含“動物”之意。
animal: 普通用詞,指區別於植物和礦物而言的動物的總稱。
beast: 指有別於爬行動物、昆蟲等的較大的四腳獸類或牛、馬等牲畜
creature: 通常指生物或動物,與非生動相對。指人時,則含憐憫或輕蔑的意味。
brute: 特指野獸。用於人時,突出其野蠻或殘忍。
cattle: 指大牲畜,尤其指牛。

英文解釋:

名詞 brute:

  1. a cruelly rapacious person
    同義詞:beast, wolf, savage, wildcat
  2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    同義詞:animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

形容詞 brute:

  1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
    同義詞:beastly, bestial, brutish

例句:

  1. His father was a drunken brute.
    他的父親是個酗酒成性、冷酷無情的人。
  2. That dog looks a real brute.
    那條狗真像一隻野獸。
  3. You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute!
    你真沒良心,又把我的生日忘了!
  4. That dog is a dangerous brute; it bites people.
    那條狗是危險的畜牲,它咬人。

詳細解釋:


brute

n.(名詞)
An animal; a beast.
畜生;野獸
A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.
殘忍的人,粗暴的人,麻木不仁的人
adj.(形容詞)
Of or relating to beasts; animal:
野獸的,野蠻的:獸性的或與其相關的;野獸的:
例句:
.None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter.(Henry David Thoreau)
.所有野蠻的動物需要的只是食物和棲息所而已.(亨利·戴維·梭羅)

Characteristic of a brute, especially:
象野獸一樣的,尤指:
Entirely physical:
完全是肉體上的:
例句:
brute force.
蠻力

Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:
沒有理性的,沒有智慧的:
例句:
a brute impulse.
獸性的衝動

Savage; cruel:
野蠻的;殘忍的:
例句:
brute coercion.
殘酷的威逼

Unremittingly severe:
嚴酷的:
例句:
was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
由於極其困窘被迫去偷食

Coarse; brutish.
粗野的;愚蠢

來源:
From Middle English [nonhuman]
源自 中古英文 [非人類]
from Old French brut
源自 古法文 brut
from Latin brôtus [stupid] * see g wer…-
源自 拉丁語 brôtus [愚笨的] *參見 g wer…-

【引伸】
brut.ism
n.(名詞)
<參考辭彙><同義詞>brute,animal,brutish,brutal,beastly,bestialThese adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.
這些形容詞都表示具有較低等動物而不是人的特徵的。
Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals:
Brute 最具褒義,強調缺乏理解力和敏感性,而這兩點使人與動物區分開來:
例句:
brute force.
蠻力。

Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit:
Animal 強調與智力、精神相對的生理性質
例句:
animal vitality.
動物的活力

Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity:
Brutish 強調明顯缺乏教養和敏感;
例句:
He had the look of a dull and brutish man.
他看起來是個遲鈍粗野的人。

Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty:
Brutal 強調無情,殘忍:
例句:
.the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit. (William Howitt).Bothbeastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation:
.縱狗咬牛或鬥雞的殘酷娛樂. (威廉·豪威特)。beastlybeastial 含有墮落,道德腐化的意思:

例句:
indulging beastly desires;
放縱的 * ;

例句:
bestial and sordid drunkenness.
骯髒污穢的醉酒。

Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable:
Beastly 常用來指僅僅給人造成不愉快東西
例句:
What a beastly storm!
多么可惡暴風雨


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