savage
英 [ˈsævɪdʒ] 美 [ˈsævɪdʒ]

adj.

未开化的；野蛮的；凶猛的；残忍的

vt.

（动物）凶狠地攻击（或伤害）；残害；猛烈批评；激烈抨击

n.

未开化的人，野蛮人；野兽；有拘捕狂的警察；

变形

复数：savages过去式：savaged过去分词：savaged现在分词：savaging第三人称单数：savages

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 未开化的；野蛮的 not civilized;barbarous
2. 凶猛的；残忍的fierce;cruel

v.(动词)

1. vt. 残害；攻击bite;attack
2. vt. 猛烈批评；激烈抨击 criticize sb/sth severely

n.(名词)

1. [C] 未开化的人，野蛮人 an uncivilized person

英英释义

savage

• n.
  • a member of an uncivilized people

    同义词：barbarian

  • a cruelly rapacious person

    同义词：beastwolfbrutewildcat

• v.
  • attack brutally and fiercely
  • criticize harshly or violently

    "The press savaged the new President"

    同义词：pillorycrucify

• adj.
  • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    "a savage slap"

    同义词：barbarousbrutalcruelfellroughshodvicious

  • wild and menacing

    同义词：feralferine

  • without civilizing influences

    "a savage people"

    同义词：barbarianbarbaricuncivilizeduncivilisedwild

  • marked by extreme and violent energy

    同义词：ferociousfiercefurious

同近义词辨析

brutal, ruthless, savage, fierce, inhuman, barbarous, cruel

这组词都有“残忍的”的意思，其区别是：

brutal指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。

ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。

savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。

fierce指天性凶恶，令人害怕。

inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。

barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。

cruel一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Most of the time elephants are tame but they can be very savage.
   大多数时候大象很温顺,但他们也会大发野性。
2. He was wild and savage, and no man could mount him, or do anything at all with him.
   它既野又凶，谁都驾驭不了它，谁也对它没办法。
3. He smarted from the savage attacks on his film.
   他因自己的影片受到猛烈攻击而感到痛心。
4. She was irritated by his savage behavior.
   他的不文明行为激怒了她。
5. He likes savage mountain scenery.
   他喜欢荒山的景色。
6. The inhabitants were still in the savage state.
   这些居民仍处于野蛮状态。

用作名词(n.)

1. These civilizations flourished while Europeans were still savages living in caves.
   当欧洲人还是居住在洞穴中的野蛮人时，这些地方的文化早已十分繁荣昌盛。
2. There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.
   人无野蛮与文明之分,只是文化不同。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. Smith's play was savaged by the critics.
   史密斯的剧本遭到评论家的猛烈抨击。
2. A jogger was savaged by two Rottweilers yesterday.
   昨天,一位慢跑者受到两条罗特韦尔犬的强烈攻击。

权威例句

Savage inequalities : children in America's schools
Crime and custom in savage society.
Crime and custom in savage society /
Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms
Risk, ambiguous, and the savage axioms
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathon Kozol
Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms: Reply
Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms: Comment
War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage
Computing Bayes Factors Using a Generalization of the Savage-Dickey Density Ratio