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

The language in which the hag addressed them was a strange and barbarous Latin.
那个母夜叉对他们说话时所用的语言是一种古怪而不规范的拉丁语。
No government anywhere subjects its own people to such a barbarous regime of fear, repression and hunger.
没有任何地方的政府会将本国人民压制在这种充满恐惧、压抑和饥饿的野蛮体制中。
It is a barbarous way to extend territory by arms.
以武力扩张领土是一种野蛮的方式。
She condemned the murder as an outrageous and barbarous act.
她谴责那项粗暴残忍的谋杀行为。
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。
Everything looked primitive and barbarous, dirty, and odious.
一切看来原始而野蛮，肮脏而令人厌恶。
While he was telling me of this barbarous custom, the very account of which chilled my blood, his kindred, friends, and neighbors came to assist at the funeral.
当他告诉我这个野蛮的风俗的时候，这个事实使我不寒而战了，因为他的亲族，朋友，和邻人都来帮助葬礼了。
It is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms.
武力不过是主权扩张的一种愚蠢而野蛮的方式。
I want them to do away with this barbarous custom.
我希望他们废除这种野蛮的习俗。
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。