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barbarousness

/bahr-ber-uhs/US // ˈbɑr bər əs //UK // (ˈbɑːbərəs) //

野蛮性,野蛮,野蛮行为,野蛮生长

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
    • : savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.
    • : full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and barbarous music.
    • : not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language.
    • : foreign; alien.
    • : designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.

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Examples

  • The collective trauma created by these barbarous acts is impossible to imagine, both in the U.S. and in the Middle East.

  • Orwellian, Malthusian, barbarous, depraved…I think you get me.

  • They wanted members of the public to see the consequence of what can only be described as their barbarous acts.

  • However, very little information is gleaned from these barbarous methods.

  • The Barbarous Years, the long-awaited companion to Voyagers to the West, is an even greater achievement.

  • I have been accused of showing irreverence towards these barbarous kings and priests.

  • He wrote verses with elegance in French, Spanish and Italian, and was a polisher of his native language in a barbarous age.

  • Edward sent him to London, 'fettered on a hackney,' to undergo the same barbarous death as his heroic brother.

  • Curiosity induced Mr. Cunningham and myself to view this barbarous feast and we landed about ten minutes after it had commenced.

  • Their garb, their gestures, their salutations, had a wild and barbarous character.