【brute】 - A-level备考词汇

brute

UK:  [bruːt]

US:  [brut]

复数：brutes  

n.

1.人面兽心的人,残暴的人

2.家伙,匪徒,恶棍

3.动物,兽,畜生

4.牛马,禽兽,畜生,毫无心肝的人

5.兽性,劣根性

6.〔口语〕可恶的东西[人]

7.粗磨

8.粗型

9.大型弧光聚光灯

adj.

1.粗暴的,残忍的,凶恶的;蛮横的

2.畜生的,动物的

3.残酷的

4.无感觉的,无理性的,盲目的;无生物的

5.赤裸裸的

1 . I screamed again and started pummeling the brute with my fists. It was like pummeling fur-covered wood and made as much impression.
我又尖叫起来，拳头不停地砸那个畜生，可感觉就象砸在用毛皮裹着的木头上。

2 . Mission recognized Zaalbar was more than a lumbering brute and the two quickly became the best of friends.
米欣看出扎尔巴不只是一个笨拙的蛮子，两人很快成了挚友。

3 . It is beginning to understand the transition that occurred in agriculture, from brute force into biological force.
而是要开始去理解发生在农业中的转变。从大规模外力的模式转为使用生物力量。

4 . Floods in Pakistan have displaced around 2 million people by now and there seems to be no let up in nature's display of brute force.
至今，巴基斯坦境内的洪水已经让约莫两百万人民流离失所，但是大自然似乎并不放过展现残忍力量的机会。

5 . Searching for a collision on purpose amounts to a brute-force attack, and is usually fairly difficult.
对冲突的故意搜索意味著蛮力攻击，这通常很难。