inhuman

英 [ɪnˈhjuːmən]

美 [ɪnˈhjuːmən]

adj.  无同情心的; 冷酷无情的; 非人的; (似非人所为而)恐怖的

TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14182 / COCA.15508

牛津词典

adj.

• 无同情心的；冷酷无情的
  lacking the qualities of kindness and pity; very cruel
  1. inhuman and degrading treatment
     不人道的羞辱性对待
• 非人的；（似非人所为而）恐怖的
  not human; not seeming to be produced by a human and therefore frightening
  1. There was a strange inhuman sound.
     有一种不像人发出的奇怪声音。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不人道的;野蛮的;残酷的
  If you describe treatment or an action asinhuman, you mean that it is extremely cruel.
  1. The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions...
     被拘留者的关押环境常常恶劣严酷、很不人道。
  2. The barbaric slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman.
     对鲸的野蛮屠杀既不必要也不人道。
• ADJ-GRADED 非人类的;怪异可怕的
  If you describe someone or something asinhuman, you mean that they are strange or bad because they do not seem human in some way.
  1. ...inhuman shrieks that chilled my heart.
     让我心惊胆寒的、异常恐怖的尖叫声

英英释义

adj

• belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
  1. something dark and inhuman in form
  2. a babel of inhuman noises
• without compunction or human feeling
  1. in cold blood
  2. cold-blooded killing
  3. insensate destruction
  Synonym:coldcold-bloodedinsensate

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