【barbarian】 - A-level备考词汇

barbarian

UK:  [bɑː(r)'beəriən]

US:  [bɑr'beriən]

复数：barbarians  

adj.

1.野蛮(人)的

n.

1.野蛮人,原始人

2.野蛮人,村野俗夫

3.蛮族,蛮夷,蛮夷之邦

4.畜生

1 . No doubt about it, the Romans built monuments on a more epic scale than any previous Europeans, wowing their "barbarian" neighbors.
毫无疑问，罗马人超越了先前所有的欧洲人，创造了一个更为壮丽史诗般的纪念碑，让他们“野蛮的”邻居们拍手叫绝，惊叹不已。

2 . And I say that, if we come out of the first game well (Nigeria), it is going to be a barbarian encounter.
我要说，如果我们第一场比赛的结果好（尼日利亚），这将是一场真正的较量。

3 . Barbarian tribes had been moving westward across Europe since the mid-third century and may have made raids on Britain around this time.
从公元3世纪开始，野蛮人西侵，他们越过了整个欧洲大陆并对英国进行了长期的侵袭。

4 . There is a fine early example in the exhibition showing a kneeling, near-naked Barbarian with his hands tied behind his back.
展出中也有这个时期的典型——一个跪在地上半裸的野蛮人，手被捆绑在背后。

5 . If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.
我若不明白那声音的意思，这说话的人必以我为化外之人，我也以他为化外之人。