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

• They did away with this barbarous custom.
  他们摈弃了这种野蛮风俗。
• Surely you know the Arabs are a barbarous people.
  你知道阿拉伯人是一只野蛮民族。
• Greedy, barbarous and cruel, as you are.
  跟你一样贪婪，野蛮跟残忍。
• He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
  他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
• We protested strongly against such barbarous aggression.
  我们强烈抗议这种野蛮的侵略行为。
• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.
  他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。
• How can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?
  他们如何能宽恕这样野蛮的行为？
• 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。
• The people of these places are so barbarous that they still eat human flesh.
  这些地方的人民都是如此的野蛮，他们依旧是吃人肉的。
• Everything looked primitive and barbarous, dirty, and odious.
  一切看来原始而野蛮，肮脏而令人厌恶。