bestial

英 ['best??l] 美['b?t??l]
  • adj. 獸性的,卑劣的;殘忍的;野蠻的
  • n. 牛

GRE暢通詞匯

中文詞源


bestial 野獸的

beast的形容詞。

英文詞源


bestial
bestial: see beast
bestial (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French bestial (13c.) "relating to animals, stupid, foolish, bestial" and directly from Latin bestialis "like a beast," from bestia (see beast). Sense of "below the dignity of a human" is from c. 1400, and in many cases its use is unjust to the beasts.

雙語例句


1. A statement on Amman Radio spoke of bestial aggression and a horrible massacre.
安曼廣播電臺播放的一則聲明提到了野蠻的侵略和駭人的大屠殺。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Roman gladiatorial contests were bestial amusements.
羅馬角斗是殘忍的娛樂

來自辭典例句

3. Beneath its purple pall , the face painted on the canvas could grow bestial , sodden, and unclean.
在這塊紫色的棺衣下, 畫布上的臉變得毫無人性、污穢 、 不潔.

來自辭典例句

4. Banehallow is an avatar of bestial fury created by the scourge.
班那哈羅是猛獸狂怒的極致化身.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.
象畜生或行為殘暴的人.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)