barbarity
英 [bɑːˈbær.ə.ti]
美 [bɑːrˈber.ə.t̬i]
- n. 残暴；粗野
英语词源
- barbarity (n.)
- 1560s, "want of civilization," from Latin barbarus (see barbarian) + -ity. Meaning "savage cruelty" is recorded from 1680s.
权威例句
- 1. Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity.
- 叛变被残酷地镇压了下去。
- 2. The pirates treated their captives with barbarity.
- 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏.
- 3. Everyone calls barbarity what he is not accustomed to.
- 被我们称作野蛮之境的,只不过是我们尚不熟知的世界.
- 4. They read facts about the barbarity of the death penalty.
- 他们了解了一些关于死刑残忍性的事实.
- 5. What happened in Fallujah was an act of barbarity.
- 发生在费鲁杰的是野蛮行为.