brutal
/ˈbruːtəl/adjective
1- savagely violent残忍的, 野蛮的:
a brutal murder.
一桩残忍的谋杀案。
1.1
- punishingly unpleasant, hard, or uncomfortable严酷的; 苛刻的; 令人不舒服的:
the brutal morning light.
令人不舒服的晨光。
1.2
- without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness毫不掩饰不快情绪的:
the brutal honesty of his observations.
他毫不掩饰不快之情的言论。
派生词
brutality
/bruːˈtælətɪ/ nounbrutally
adverb词源
late 15th cent.(in the sense 'relating to the lower animals'): from Old French, from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus 'dull, stupid' (see BRUTE).