brutalize

英 ['bruːtəlaɪz] 美 ['bruːtəlaɪz]

• v. 使残酷无情；残酷对待

英英释义

Verb:

1. treat brutally

2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman;

   "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
   

3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We can brutalize it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher level.
   我们可以让它庸俗、冷漠
2. Over the lack, humans will turn in fear and brutalize one another.
   由于(食物)匮乏,人类将会转入恐慌并残酷对待彼此。

经典引文

• Their wives..had been brutalized and murdered.

  出自： P. Cornwell

近反义词

【近义词】

• coarsen （使）变粗
• harden (使)变硬
• dehumanize 使失去人性
• desensitize 减少感光性
• abuse 滥用
• assault 攻击
• maltreat 虐待
• ill-treat 虐待
• brutalise 使残暴
• animalize 使动物化
• animalise [机] 动物性化...