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

• A brutal barbarous savage act.
  一种残忍、野蛮、原始、的行为。
• It was barbarous to be happy when Edmund was suffering.
  当埃德蒙痛苦的时候自己却心头高兴是残忍的。
• It seems a more civilized alternative to our present barbarous procedure.
  这与我们目前野蛮的做法相比似乎是较为文明的变通。
• And I speak a barbarous tongue.
  我说一口没文化的语言。
• This rage is engendered by the reactionary and barbarous character of Japan's war& "there is no escape from fate", and hence an absolute hostility has crystallized.
  这是根据敌人战争的退步性野蛮性而来的，在劫难逃，于是形成了绝对的敌对。
• Don't expect all barbarous tribal people to respect and appreciate foreign cultures.
  别当所有蛮荒部落的人都懂得尊重和理解异地文化。
• He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
  他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
• They did away with this barbarous custom.
  他们摈弃了这种野蛮风俗。
• How can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?
  他们如何能宽恕这样野蛮的行为？
• It is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms.
  武力不过是主权扩张的一种愚蠢而野蛮的方式。