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brute AHD[bro͞ot] D.J.[bruːt]K.K.[brut]n.（名词）- An animal; a beast.畜生；野兽
- A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.残忍的人，粗暴的人，麻木不仁的人
adj.（形容词）- Of or relating to beasts; animal:野兽的，野蛮的：兽性的或与其相关的；野兽的："None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter"(Henry David Thoreau)“所有野蛮的动物需要的只是食物和栖息所而已”(亨利·戴维·梭罗)
- Characteristic of a brute, especially:象野兽一样的，尤指：
- Entirely physical:完全是肉体上的：brute force.蛮力
- Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:没有理性的，没有智慧的：a brute impulse.兽性的冲动
- Savage; cruel:野蛮的；残忍的：brute coercion.残酷的威逼
- Unremittingly severe:严酷的：was driven to steal food through brute necessity.由于极其困窘被迫去偷食
- Coarse; brutish.粗野的；愚蠢的
- From Middle English [nonhuman] 源自 中古英语 [非人类]
- from Old French brut 源自 古法语 brut
- from Latin brūtus [stupid] * see g werə- 1源自 拉丁语 brūtus [愚笨的] * 参见 g werə- 1
brutʹism n.（名词）brute, animal, brutish, brutal, beastly, bestial- These adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.这些形容词都表示具有较低等动物而不是人的特征的。
- Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals: Brute 最具褒义，强调缺乏理解力和敏感性，而这两点使人与动物区分开来： brute force.蛮力。
- Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: Animal 强调与智力、精神相对的生理性质； animal vitality.动物的活力。
- Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity: Brutish 强调明显缺乏教养和敏感； He had the look of a dull and brutish man.他看起来是个迟钝粗野的人。
- Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty: Brutal 强调无情，残忍： "the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit" (William Howitt).Bothbeastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation: “纵狗咬牛或斗鸡的残酷娱乐” （威廉·豪威特）。beastly 和 beastial 含有堕落，道德腐化的意思： indulging beastly desires;放纵的兽欲；bestial and sordid drunkenness.肮脏污秽的醉酒。
- Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable: Beastly 常用来指仅仅给人造成不愉快的东西： What a beastly storm! 多么可恶的暴风雨！
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