A surname of the Junian gens. Association with betrayal traces to Marcus Junius Brutus (c. 85 B.C.E.-42 B.C.E.), Roman statesman and general and conspirator against Caesar.
权威例句
1. He represented Brutus in the school play.
他在校剧中扮演布鲁特斯.
2. I've been recast as Brutus.
我改演布鲁特斯一角.
3. You too, Brutus ! as woe to the name of friendship hereafter!
还有你, 布鲁图斯! 从今以后都是对友谊之名的玷污!
4. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
屋大维和马克·安东尼在公元前42年战胜布鲁特斯和卡修斯.
5. The fault Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.