savagely violent 残忍的,野蛮的 a brutal murder. 一桩残忍的谋杀案。 ■punishingly unpleasant, hard, or uncomfortable 残酷的,令人不快的,苛刻的,令人不舒服的 the brutal morning light. 令人不舒服的晨光。 ■without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness 毫不掩饰不快情绪的 the brutal honesty of his observations. 他毫不掩饰不快之情的言论。
派生 brutality [-ˈtalɪti] noun brutally adverb 语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'relating to the lower animals'): from Old French, from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus 'dull, stupid' (see brute)