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- (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled（动物, 自然力）凶猛的; 猛烈的：
he was attacked by a savage hound.
他遭到一只凶猛猎犬的攻击。
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- cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile凶残的; 恶毒的：
they launched a savage attack on the Budget.
他们对预算案发起猛烈攻击。
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- (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) primitive; uncivilized〈主史/文〉原始的, 未开化的。
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- (of a place) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated（地方）荒凉的; 未开发的。
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- (of something bad or negative) very great; severe（坏事）极大的; 严重的：
this would deal a savage blow to the government's fight.
这将会给政府的斗争以极大打击。
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- (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized〈主史/文〉原始时代的人, 未开化的人。
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- a brutal or vicious person凶狠恶毒的人; 野蛮的人：
the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages.
一个受害者的母亲把攻击者形容成野蛮人。
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- Heraldry a representation of a bearded and semi-naked man with a wreath of leaves【纹章】长须半裸带叶环男人形。
with obj.
1- (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul（尤指狗、野生动物）凶猛攻击, 伤害：
police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged.
一个小女孩被咬伤后, 警察正在围捕狗。
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- subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally激烈的言词攻击; 猛烈批评：
he savaged the government for wasting billions in their failed bid to prop up the pound.
他猛烈抨击政府浪费数十亿支撑英镑的失败努力。
派生词
savagely
adverbsavageness
nounsavagery
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French sauvage 'wild', from Latin silvaticus 'of the woods', from silva 'a wood'.