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单词 violence
释义 vi·o·lence
\ˈvīələn(t)s sometimes ˈvīl-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin violentia, from violentus violent + -ia -y
1.
 a. : exertion of any physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in warfare or in effecting an entrance into a house)
 b. : an instance of violent treatment or procedure
2. : injury in the form of revoking, repudiation, distortion, infringement, or irreverence to a thing, notion, or quality fitly valued or observed
 < no violence has been done to expert military opinion — Sir Winston Churchill >
 < did unconscious violence to the instincts of the mystic — V.L.Parrington >
3.
 a. : intense, turbulent, or furious action, force, or feeling often destructive
  < the violence of volcanic eruption — R.W.Livingstone >
  < hurled himself around the corner … with almost drunken violence — Liam O'Flaherty >
 b. : vehement feeling or expression : fervor, passion, fury
  < the violence of a fluent orator whose temper ran away with him — V.A.Froude >
  < violence such as the normally placid New York art critics seldom resort to — R.M.Coates >
 c. : an instance or show of such action or feeling : a tendency to violent action
  < the mounting violences of the Whig rabble against their Tory neighbors — Margaret Evans >
 d. : clashing, jarring, discordant, or abrupt quality
  < certain freaks and violences in Mr. Palgrave's criticism — Matthew Arnold >
  < the violence of the contrasting colors >
4. : undue alteration of wording or sense (as in editing or interpreting a text)
Synonyms: see force
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