bru·tal /ˈbrutḷ/
(a.)殘忍的,野蠻的,不講理的
Bru·tal a.
1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. “Above the rest of brutal kind.”
2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. “Brutal intemperance.”
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brutal
adj 1: (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
"brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of
war" [syn: cruel]
2: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings";
"cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the
kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous,
cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious]
3: used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause
suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be
cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous
climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: cruel, harsh, rigorous,
unkind]