brutal

美音：['brut(ə)l] 英音：['bruːt(ə)l]

简单释义：

adj.残暴的；兽性的；直截了当的；冷酷的

网络残忍的；野蛮的；残酷

完整释义：

adj.

1.兽(一样)的,兽性的,肉欲的;残忍的;不讲理的,粗暴的
2.野蛮的,蛮横的
3.无情的
4.粗鲁,粗暴
5.〔俚语〕讨厌的;(天气等)令人不愉快的
6.肆虐

例句：

After several brutal murders near his workplace, and being followed on occasion, he finally decided to leave the country.
不但他工作的地方附近发生了几单血腥谋杀，甚至连他本人有时也会受到跟踪，他最终决定离开这个国家。
Unlike America, China deals with terrorists in a more brutal and to-the-point sort of way.
中国不像美国，中国处理恐怖分子更加严酷，用的是一针见血的招。
Staging a referendum less than a year after the brutal crushing of popular dissent could yet backfire, though.
然而，在对大众的异议残酷镇压不到一年之后就策划一场公投可能会有反作用。
The head of the Lord's Resistance Army, a guerrilla group trying to establish a theocratic government in Uganda using brutal means.
乌干达反抗组织——君主抵抗军的领袖，该游击队组织试图在乌干达以残酷的方式建立起一个神权政府。
It's a cold, brutal bit of business logic, all dressed up in fine Italian style.
这是冷酷、残忍的商场逻辑，只是以优雅的意大利风格装点门面罢了。
But historical purists say all this fun stretches the truth of what life was really like which, in many cases, was hard, even brutal.
但历史纯粹主义者表示所有的这些乐趣延伸出真相是生活真的就是这样，在许多情况下非常困难，甚至十分残酷。
China disregards human suffering for her to chose to condone brutal barbaric N.
中国无视人类痛苦而选择纵容残酷野蛮的北韩政权。
I was selfish and brutal, I forgot how much you had to lose.
我自私，残忍；我忘了你得付出多大的代价。

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