vi·o·lence
noun OPAL W
/ˈvaɪələns/
/ˈvaɪələns/
[uncountable]Idioms - violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody
暴力；暴行 - Police do not think this killing was a random act of violence.
警方认为这起杀戮并非随机的暴力行为。 - violence against somebody He condemned the protesters' use of violence against the police.
他谴责抗议者对警察使用暴力。 - domestic violence (= between family members)
家庭暴力 - These people live under a constant threat of violence.
这些人生活在持续的暴力威胁之下。 - Our organization works with victims of violence.
我们的组织与暴力受害者合作。 - Why do they always have to resort to violence?
为什么他们总是非要诉诸暴力不可呢？ - Violence broke out inside the prison last night.
昨晚监狱内发生暴力事件。 - Violence erupted between police and demonstrators.
警察和示威者之间爆发了暴力冲突。 - Is there too much sex and violence on TV?
电视上有太多的色情和暴力吗？
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2, War and conflictb2- Charlie was threatening violence against them both.
查利扬言要对他们两人动粗。 - Children who witness violence between parents often develop problems.
目睹父母之间有暴力行为的孩子常常会出问题。 - Don't buy toys that glorify violence.
不要买颂扬暴力的玩具。 - Hatred breeds violence.
仇恨滋生暴力。 - He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence.
他是个急性子，常常动粗。 - In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.
尽管有偶发的暴力事件，投票大体上是有序的。 - It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.
他过这种充满暴力的生活，丧命是意料中的事。 - Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show.
大量的来信投诉戏中无谓的暴力场面。 - Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into armed conflict.
观察员警告说暴力事件可能会升级为武装冲突。 - Political violence killed 29 people last week.
上周的政治暴力事件导致 29 人丧生。 - She had suffered years of violence and abuse.
她多年来饱受暴力和虐待之苦。 - TV violence threatens the health and welfare of young people.
电视暴力威胁到年轻人的健康和幸福。 - The demonstration was marred by violence.
示威活动被暴力事件扰乱了。 - The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence.
抗议的情绪高涨，演变成了暴力事件。 - The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence.
该恐怖组织的前领导人呼吁停止使用暴力。 - The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence.
农民认为他们唯一的选择就是诉诸暴力。 - The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence.
警察正在做准备以应付突发的暴力事件。 - There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues.
人们担心如果罢工继续下去会再出现暴力事件。 - There was surprisingly little graphic violence in the film.
该电影中居然几乎没有血腥的暴力场面，真令人惊奇。 - They use their religion to justify violence
他们利用自己的宗教为暴行辩护。 - Troops were called in to quell the violence.
部队被调来平息暴力事件。 - UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence.
联合国维和人员正在竭力遏制暴力冲突升级。 - Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters.
任何情况下警方都不应该对抗议者使用暴力。 - We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances.
任何人在特定情况下都会动用暴力。 - We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence.
我们必须让人们认识到：暴力只能引发更多的暴力。 - We need to bring an end to the deadly violence in the region.
我们需要制止该地区的致命性暴力行为。 - a refuge for victims of domestic violence
家庭暴力受害者的避难所 - a wave of violence against women
针对妇女的暴力浪潮 - attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence
将国家从暴力泛滥的局面中拯救出来的多番努力 - people who inflict violence on animals
虐待动物的人 - the men of violence who start wars
多次挑起战争的暴徒 - violence among football supporters
足球迷的暴力行为 - violence among young men
年轻人的暴力行为 - violence between rival groups
敌对群体之间的暴力 - violence perpetrated by the army
军队犯下的暴行 - violence towards ethnic minorities
对少数民族实施的暴行 - violence within the family
家庭暴力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- excessive
- extreme
- …
- level
- commit
- employ
- engage in
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- break out
- erupt
- flare
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- violence against
- violence among
- violence between
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- an act of violence
- an end to violence
- an eruption of violence
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- Police do not think this killing was a random act of violence.
- physical or emotional force and energy
狂热；激情；激烈的力量 - The violence of her feelings surprised him.
她感情之强烈使他吃惊。 - the violence of the eruption
火山喷发的暴力程度 - He reacted to the idea with some violence.
他对这个想法的反应有些激烈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- suppressed
- with (a) violence
- The violence of her feelings surprised him.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’.
Idioms
do violence to something
- (formal) to damage something or have a bad effect on it
损害；毁损；歪曲 - This version of the play does violence to Shakespeare's text.
这个改编本歪曲了莎士比亚的原作。
- This version of the play does violence to Shakespeare's text.