barbarous

英 [ˈbɑːbərəs]

美 [ˈbɑːrbərəs]

adj.  残酷的; 骇人听闻的; 缺乏教养的; 粗野的

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BNC.20500 / COCA.24373

牛津词典

adj.

• 残酷的；骇人听闻的
  extremely cruel and shocking
  1. the barbarous treatment of these prisoners of war
     对这些战俘的残酷待遇
• 缺乏教养的；粗野的
  showing a lack of education and good manners

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 粗野的；未开化的；野蛮的
  If you describe something asbarbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
  1. He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
     他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
• ADJ-GRADED 残暴的；极其残忍的；凶残的
  If you describe something asbarbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
  1. ...a barbarous attack.
     凶残的进攻

英英释义

adj

• primitive in customs and culture
• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  1. a barbarous crime
  2. brutal beatings
  3. cruel tortures
  4. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
  5. a savage slap
  6. vicious kicks
  Synonym:brutalcruelfellroughshodsavagevicious

双语例句

• How can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?
  他们如何能宽恕这样野蛮的行为？
• She condemned the murder as an outrageous and barbarous act.
  她谴责那项粗暴残忍的谋杀行为。
• The reactionary and barbarous nature of his war, a factor which intensifies both class antagonisms within Japan and the resistance of the Chinese nation, has not yet brought about a situation which radically impedes his advance.
  其足以加剧本国阶级对立和中国民族反抗的因素，即战争之退步性和野蛮性一因素，亦尚未造成足以根本妨碍其进攻的情况。
• While he was telling me of this barbarous custom, the very account of which chilled my blood, his kindred, friends, and neighbors came to assist at the funeral.
  当他告诉我这个野蛮的风俗的时候，这个事实使我不寒而战了，因为他的亲族，朋友，和邻人都来帮助葬礼了。
• It is a barbarous way to extend territory by arms.
  以武力扩张领土是一种野蛮的方式。
• It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable.
  这并不仅仅因为刺花是深入皮肤，不能改变就变得野蛮的。
• It's likely to be the most barbarous war that we have ever known.
  这将会是一场我们所知道的最残忍的战争。
• They ridiculed as relics of a barbarous age the images and rituals of the Hindu religion.
  他们嘲笑印度宗教的偶像和典礼是一个野蛮时期的崩溃。
• The reactionary and barbarous character of Japan's war constitutes the primary reason for her inevitable defeat.
  日本战争的退步性和野蛮性是日本战争必然失败的主要根据。
• And I speak a barbarous tongue.
  我说一口没文化的语言。