barbarous

英 [ˈbɑːbərəs]

美 [ˈbɑːrbərəs]

adj. 残酷的; 骇人听闻的; 缺乏教养的; 粗野的

GRE TEM4 TEM8

BNC.20500 / COCA.24373

牛津词典

adj.

残酷的；骇人听闻的
extremely cruel and shocking
1. the barbarous treatment of these prisoners of war
  对这些战俘的残酷待遇
缺乏教养的；粗野的
showing a lack of education and good manners

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 粗野的；未开化的；野蛮的
If you describe something asbarbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
1. He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
  他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
ADJ-GRADED 残暴的；极其残忍的；凶残的
If you describe something asbarbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
1. ...a barbarous attack.
  凶残的进攻

英英释义

adj

primitive in customs and culture
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
1. a barbarous crime
2. brutal beatings
3. cruel tortures
4. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
5. a savage slap
6. vicious kicks
Synonym:brutalcruelfellroughshodsavagevicious

双语例句

They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.
他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。
I want them to do away with this barbarous custom.
我希望他们废除这种野蛮的习俗。
The reactionary and barbarous nature of his war, a factor which intensifies both class antagonisms within Japan and the resistance of the Chinese nation, has not yet brought about a situation which radically impedes his advance.
其足以加剧本国阶级对立和中国民族反抗的因素，即战争之退步性和野蛮性一因素，亦尚未造成足以根本妨碍其进攻的情况。
How can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?
他们如何能宽恕这样野蛮的行为？
This barbarous enemy policy will be carried deeper into the interior of China.
敌人的这一野蛮政策，还要施之于更深的内地。
It's likely to be the most barbarous war that we have ever known.
这将会是一场我们所知道的最残忍的战争。
Everything looked primitive and barbarous, dirty, and odious.
一切看来原始而野蛮，肮脏而令人厌恶。
It seems a more civilized alternative to our present barbarous procedure.
这与我们目前野蛮的做法相比似乎是较为文明的变通。
It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable.
这并不仅仅因为刺花是深入皮肤，不能改变就变得野蛮的。
It was barbarous to be happy when Edmund was suffering.
当埃德蒙痛苦的时候自己却心头高兴是残忍的。