| 单词 | savage |
| 释义 | savage (sævɪdʒ ) Word forms: savages , savaging , savaged 1. adjective Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. ...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain. Synonyms: cruel, brutal, vicious, bloody savagely adverb He was savagely beaten. 2. countable noun [usually plural] If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. [disapproval] ...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages. Synonyms: barbarian, primitive person 3. verb [usually passive] If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: maul, tear, claw, attack 4. verb If someone or something that they have done is savaged by another person, that person criticizes them severely. The show had already been savaged by critics. [be VERB-ed] Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor. [VERB noun] Synonyms: criticize, attack, knock [informal], blast Quotations: as savage as a bear with a sore headThe King's Own Collocations: savage beauty What a savage beauty there was in her presence; especially in her fiery death. Times, Sunday Times There's almost a beauty to them, and yet it's a terrible, savage beauty, because you know what they've gone through. Times, Sunday Times Certainly there's a savage beauty about the ballet of destruction at the heart of the film. Times, Sunday Times It will blast you with its searing, savage beauty. Times, Sunday Times The savage beauty of the landscape makes an unforgettable setting. Times, Sunday Times With savage cuts already in the private sector, and more looming in the public one, it looks as if that's it, chaps. Times, Sunday Times This led to savage cuts in public spending and contributed to a humiliating devaluation of sterling from $4 to $2.80 the following year. Times, Sunday Times Nearly half are also concerned about their retirement income after savage cuts in interest rates. Times, Sunday Times Since the recession took hold, businesses have made savage cuts in the stocks of goods they hold. Times, Sunday Times However, if further savage cuts are in store, that optimism could be misplaced. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 野蛮的, 野蛮人, 凶猛地攻击动物 Japanese: 残忍な, 野蛮人, 噛みつく |
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