savage

英[ˈsævɪdʒ]
美[ˈsævɪdʒ]

基本释义

adj.
未开化的; 野蛮的; 凶残的; 猛烈抨击的
vt.
(动物)凶狠地攻击(或伤害); 残害; 猛烈批评; 激烈抨击
n.
未开化的人,野蛮人; 粗鲁的人; 凶狠残暴的人

词性变化

实用例句

savage dogs

恶狗

牛津词典

She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack ’.

她遭受袭击而身受重伤——警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”。

牛津词典

savage public spending cuts

拼命削减公共开支

牛津词典

The article was a savage attack on the government's record.

文章对政府的业绩进行了猛烈的抨击。

牛津词典

a savage tribe

野蛮部落

牛津词典

savagely attacked/criticized

受到猛烈的攻击 / 批评

牛津词典

‘No! ’ he snarled savagely.

“不!”他恶狠狠地吼道。

牛津词典

the development of the human race from primitive savages

人类走出蒙昧的演进过程

牛津词典

He described the attack as the work of savages.

他把这次袭击称为野蛮行径。

牛津词典

She was savaged to death by a bear.

她遭熊袭击而丧命。

牛津词典

Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.

她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。

牛津词典

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.

这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。

...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.

1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮

...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.

他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人

The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.

接着野兽突然袭击了他,最后把他咬死了。

The show had already been savaged by critics...

这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。

Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor.

发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。

The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.

那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

No nation omits to record the actions of their ancestors, however bloody, savage and rapacious.

每个民族都不会消除他们祖先的历史记录,不论他们祖先的行为多么血腥, 野蛮和贪婪.

期刊摘选

He has a savage temper.

他脾气粗暴.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The extravagant savage made the and exterior criteria of deterioration.

豪侈的野蛮人拟定了败北的内外标准.

期刊摘选

The inhabitants were still in the savage state.

这些居民仍处于野蛮状态.

辞典例句

So gird yourself for such strange effects as savage wildfires, disappearing lakes, and freak allergies.

所以,作好准备去应对那些奇怪的后果吧,比如凶猛的大火 、 正在消失的湖泊以及反常的过敏症状.

期刊摘选

真题例句

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a member of an uncivilized people

  • 2. a cruelly rapacious person

Verb
  • 1. attack brutally and fiercely

  • 2. criticize harshly or violently;

    "The press savaged the new President"

    "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Adjective
  • 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

    "a barbarous crime"

    "brutal beatings"

    "cruel tortures"

    "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"

    "a savage slap"

    "vicious kicks"

  • 2. wild and menacing;

    "a ferocious dog"

  • 3. without civilizing influences;

    "barbarian invaders"

    "barbaric practices"

    "a savage people"

    "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade

    "wild tribes"

  • 4. marked by extreme and violent energy;

    "a ferocious beating"

    "fierce fighting"

    "a furious battle"

同义词辨析

cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

这些形容词都有"残忍的,野蛮的"之意。

  • cruel: 一般用词,指行动或态度的残忍。
  • brutal: 指极端的残忍,强调无情或缺乏同情心,含不择手段的意味。
  • inhuman: 着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
  • savage: 指缺乏文明人应有的教养,尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横,含野蛮意味。
  • barbarous: 专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
  • fierce: 指天性凶恶,令人害怕。
  • ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的,对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。

反义词

adj.野性的;残酷的

Christiancivilized