同近义词辨析
brutal, ruthless, savage, fierce, inhuman, barbarous, cruel
这组词都有“残忍的”的意思，其区别是：
brutal指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。
inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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'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。 - It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.
清晨五点给人打电话是缺乏教养的行为。
权威例句
Barbarous Play:Race on the English Renaissance Stagerise and fall of a barbarous relicBarbarous Play: Race on the English Renaissance StageLara Bovilsky. Barbarous Play: Race on the English Renaissance StageRude and barbarous kingdom: Russia in the accounts of sixteenth-century English voyagersThe Rise and Fall of a Barbarous Relic: The Role of Gold in the International Monetary SYstemHistory of the Triumphs of Our Holy Faith Amongst the Most Barbarous and Fierce Peoples of the New World‘THE CRUELL PRESSURE OF AN ENRAGED, BARBAROUS PEOPLE’: IRISH AND ENGLISH IDENTITY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY POLICY AND PROPAGANDAThe massacre of Glenco: being a true narrative of the barbarous murder of the Glenco men in the highlands of Scotland, on the 13th o...The Relationship Between the Shaping of the Maowusu Desert and Utility of Land in the Six Barbarous States in the Tang Dynasty
