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单词 inhuman
释义
inhuman
(ɪnhjmən )
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe treatment or an action as inhuman, you mean that it is extremely cruel.
The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions.
The barbaric slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman.
Synonyms: cruel, savage, brutal, vicious  
2. adjective
If you describe someone or something as inhuman, you mean that they are strange or bad because they do not seem human in some way.
...inhuman shrieks that chilled my heart.
Collocations:
inhuman treatment
He wants 50,000 for his 'inhuman treatment'.
The Sun
When will this inhuman treatment of our workers end?
Times, Sunday Times
The protests have drawn an unprecedented number of students who protested the condition of the prison system and inhuman treatment of prisoners.
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All such symptoms are normal human responses to abnormal and inhuman treatment.
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He alleges that sentencing him to lifetime imprisonment while he was not present in the courtroom amounts to inhuman treatment.
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Translations:
Chinese: 不人道的
Japanese: 冷酷な
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