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savage

音標['s?vid?] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 未開化的, 野蠻的, 無禮的, 殘酷的, 原始的, 粗魯的, 未開發的
vt. 用暴力對付, 兇猛攻擊
n. 原始人, 粗魯人

詞型變化:

名詞:savageness 副詞:savagely 動詞過去式:savaged 過去分詞:savaged 現在分詞:savaging 第三人稱單數:savages 

詞意辨析:

cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless
這些形容詞都有“殘忍的”,“野蠻的”之意。
cruel: 一般用詞,指行動或態度的殘忍。
brutal: 指極端的殘忍,強調無情或缺乏同情心,含不擇手段的意味。
inhuman: 著重缺乏同情心、仁愛等人類特有的良好的品質
savage: 指缺乏文明人應有的教養,尤指在動怒或衝動時表現出的粗野蠻橫,含野蠻意味。
barbarous: 專指只有原始或未開化的人才會有的殘忍行為。
fierce: 指天性兇惡,令人害怕
ruthless: 與cruel同義。強調為達到目的,對別人的痛苦毫無憐憫之心。

英文解釋:

名詞 savage:

  1. a member of an uncivilized people
    同義詞:barbarian
  2. a cruelly rapacious person
    同義詞:beast, wolf, brute, wildcat

動詞 savage:

  1. attack brutally and fiercely
  2. criticize harshly or violently
    同義詞:pillory, crucify

形容詞 savage:

  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
    同義詞:barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
  2. wild and menacing
    同義詞:feral, ferine
  3. without civilizing influences
    同義詞:barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
  4. marked by extreme and violent energy
    同義詞:ferocious, fierce, furious

例句:

  1. He smarted from the savage attacks on his film.
    他因自己的影片受到猛烈攻擊而感到痛心。
  2. He entitled the book Savage Love'.
    他給這本書取名為《野性的愛》.
  3. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
    血洗野蠻的、不加區別的殺戳; *
  4. Today's newspapers made a savage attack on the unions for their refusal to negotiate.
    今天的報紙就工會拒絕談判一事對工會進行了猛烈的抨擊
  5. These civilizations flourished while Europeans were still savages living in caves.
    當歐洲人還是居住在洞穴中的野蠻人時,這些地方的文化早已十分繁榮昌盛

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