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brute
- IPA[bruːt]
英式
- a savagely violent person or animal;a cruel or insensitive person
- characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence;merely physical
noun: brute, plural noun: brutes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a savagely violent person or animal he was a cold-blooded brute 同義詞
- ▪ informal a cruel or insensitive person what an unfeeling little brute you are
- ▪ something awkward, difficult, or unpleasant a great brute of a machine
- 2. an animal as opposed to a human being we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses 同義詞
形容詞
- 1. characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence a brute struggle for social superiority
- ▪ merely physical we achieve little by brute force
- ▪ fundamental, inescapable, and unpleasant the brute necessities of basic subsistence