【barbarous】 - A-level备考词汇

barbarous

UK:  ['bɑː(r)bərəs]

US:  ['bɑrbərəs]

adj.

1.野蛮,野性的;残酷,残忍的,无情(地)

2.野蛮的,未开化的;粗野的;凶猛的,暴虐的,残忍的

3.(语言等)芜杂的,不纯粹的,不规范的;非希腊、拉丁语的;异国语的,无学识的,鄙俗的

4.不开化的;粗糙的

5.不规范的;似通非通的

1 . Such a barbarous country is of no importance to me, particularly since it had degraded me by making me become a spy.
我才不关心一个使我堕落成为间谍的野蛮的国家呢。

2 . The bravery exhibited there was almost barbarous and was complicated with a sort of heroic ferocity which began by the sacrifice of self.
勇敢在这里近于野蛮，并夹杂着某种残酷的英雄行为，这首先是来自自我牺牲的精神。

3 . One of his lieutenants, Qari Hussain, a particularly barbarous individual, became adept at turning young Pakistanis into suicide bombers.
卡里·侯赛因是他的一名副手，但性格特别残暴，擅长将巴基斯坦境内的年轻人培养成自杀人弹。

4 . To the great economist John Maynard Keynes, it was a "barbarous relic" of a primeval economic past.
伟大的经济学家约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯指出，这是一个在过去的原始经济中的“野蛮遗迹”。

5 . No government anywhere subjects its own people to such a barbarous regime of fear, repression and hunger.
除他们之外，没有任何政府会以如此残暴的方式实行统治，使人民饱受恐惧、压迫及饥饿。