| 单词 | barbaric |
| 释义 | barbaric (once / 1126 pages) adj Things that are barbaric, are uncivilized and brutal. People have different opinions about hunting — for some, it's a way of life, and for others it's barbaric. You can use the adjective barbaric to describe anything that's needlessly cruel, whether it's the inhumane treatment of people by a barbaric government, or the barbaric way your neighbor treats his dog. Another, milder, definition of barbaric is unsophisticated or uncivilized, like the barbaric behavior of someone who belches loudly in a fancy restaurant. This meaning is echoed in the Greek root barbaros, which means "foreign or rude." WORD FAMILYbarbaric: barbarically, barbarise, barbarity, barbarize+/barbarise: barbarisation, barbarised, barbarising/barbarity: barbarities/barbarize: barbarization, barbarized, barbarizing USAGE EXAMPLES"Modern slavery is a barbaric crime which destroys the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our society." Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) Phillips and other inmates want to block the new procedure, arguing that it will result in a painful and barbaric death. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Immigration minister Robert Goodwill vowed to tackle the "barbaric crime" of modern slavery by targeting businesses. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj without civilizing influences barbaric practices Syn barbarian, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild noncivilised, noncivilized not having a high state of culture and social development 2adj unrestrained and crudely rich barbaric use of color or ornament Syn tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste |
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