brutal
/ˈbɹu.təl/ 形容词 B2中文： 残忍、野蛮
- Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner. · The game was brutal, but after a bloodbath he finally won.
- Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
- Harsh; unrelenting.
- Disagreeably precise or penetrating.
- In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
- Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness. · brutal honesty
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Holmes, when I heard a shocking story of how he had turned a cat loose in an aviary, and I was so horrified at his brutal cruelty that I would have nothing more to do with him.’ She rummaged in a bureau, and presently she produced a photograph of a woman, shamefully defaced and mutilated with a knife.
The blunt accusation, the brutal tap upon the shoulder—what can one make of such a denouement?
I nearly asked him so—for there are times when a brutal frontal attack is the best policy—but I judged it better to let him think he had fooled us.
With his brutal and violent nature, others would have to pay the price if we held our hands.
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