brute

brute的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [bru:t]
KK音标发音： [brut]

brute的词性：
n.（名词）

1. An animal; a beast.
畜生；野兽

2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.
残忍的人，粗暴的人，麻木不仁的人

brute的词性：
adj.（形容词）

3. Of or relating to beasts; animal:
野兽的：

“None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter”(Henry David Thoreau)
“所有野蛮的动物需要的只是食物和栖息所而已”(亨利·戴维·索罗)

4. Characteristic of a brute, especially:
象野兽一样的，尤指：

5. Entirely physical:
完全是肉体上的：

brute force.
蛮力

6. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:
没有理性的，没有智慧的：

a brute impulse.
兽性的冲动

7. Savage; cruel:
野蛮的，残忍的：

brute coercion.
残酷的威逼

8. Unremittingly severe:
严酷的：

was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
由于极其困窘被迫去偷食

9. Coarse; brutish.
粗野的；愚蠢的

brute的词源：

10. From Middle English [nonhuman]
源自 中古英语 [非人类]

11. from Old French brut
源自 古法语 brut

12. from Latin br^?tus [stupid] * see g ^wer…- ¹
源自 拉丁语 br^?tus [愚笨的] *参见 g ^wer…- ¹

brute的词性：
n.（名词）

brute， animal， brutish， brutal， beastly， bestial

13. These adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.
这些形容词都表示具有较低等动物而不是人的特征的。

14. Brute, the least derogatory, stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals:
Brute 最具褒义，强调缺乏理解力和敏感性，而这两点使人与动物区分开来：

brute force.
蛮力。

15. Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit:
Animal 强调与智力、精神相对的生理性质；

animal vitality.
动物的活力。

16. Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity:
Brutish 强调明显缺乏教养和敏感；

He had the look of a dull and brutish man.
他看起来是个迟钝粗野的人。

17. Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty:
Brutal 强调无情，残忍：

“the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit” (William Howitt). Both beastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation:
“纵狗咬牛或斗鸡的残酷娱乐” （威廉·豪威特）。beastly 和 beastial 含有堕落，道德腐化的意思：

indulging beastly desires;
放纵的兽欲；

bestial and sordid drunkenness.
肮脏污秽的醉酒。

18. Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable:
Beastly 常用来指仅仅给人造成不愉快的东西：

What a beastly storm!
多么可恶的暴风雨！