1 ADJ-GRADED 凶恶的;残暴的;凶猛的;野的;未驯服的 Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. 凶恶的;残暴的;凶猛的;野的;未驯服的
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This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
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...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.
1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮
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...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain.
扯着链子不断猛扑的一只恶狗
SYN cruel, brutal, vicious, bloody
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He was savagely beaten.
他遭到了一顿毒打。
2 N-COUNT [usually plural] 野蛮人;未开化的人 If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. 野蛮人;未开化的人 [disapproval]
SYN native, barbarian, heathen, indigene
3 VERB [usually passive] (狗等)凶猛地攻击,撕咬 If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. (狗等)凶猛地攻击,撕咬
SYN maul, tear, claw, attack
4 VERB 激烈批评;猛烈抨击 If someone or something that they have done is savaged by another person, that person criticizes them severely. 激烈批评;猛烈抨击
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The show had already been savaged by critics. [be VERB-ed]
这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。
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Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor. [VERB noun]
发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。
SYN criticize, attack, knock [informal] , blast
Quotations
as savage as a bear with a sore head Captain Marryat The King's Own
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