inhumanity

英 [ɪnhjʊ'mænɪtɪ] 美[,ɪnhju'mænəti]
  • n. 不人道,无人性;残暴
近义词 cruelty
反义词 humanity

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英英释义


1. the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
2. an act of atrocious cruelty

实用场景例句


man's inhumanity to man
人类相残

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The hardness and inhumanity of the man was fast breaking up.
这人那冷酷无情的心情很快地消灭了.

辞典例句

I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly.
我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心, 我非常怜悯她.

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It's more about sadness and loneliness than about cruelty or inhumanity.
本片讲述较多的是悲伤和孤独,而不是残酷和残暴.

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The illegality is quite equal to the inhumanity.
其不合法与不人道是不相上下的.

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The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
对待他人的最大罪恶不是“狠”,而是“冷漠”, “ 冷漠”才是不人道的本质.

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John Bul Dau explores territory few can imagine — the depths of inhumanity and the boundaries of endurance.
常人根本无法想象约翰·布尔·道所探索的是怎样的领域:非人程度之深与忍耐程度之极.

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中文词源


inhumanity 非人性,不人道

in-,不,非,humanity,人性,人道。

双语例句


1. man's inhumanity to man
人类相残

来自《权威词典》

2. This is another outrage catalogue of terrorist inhumanity.
在恐怖主义者的一系列残酷行为中,这又是一桩暴行.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The hardness and inhumanity of the man was fast breaking up.
这人那冷酷无情的心情很快地消灭了.

来自辞典例句

4. I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly.
我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心, 我非常怜悯她.

来自辞典例句

5. Many instances of cruelty and inhumanity can be found on both sides.
其实交战双方皆有许多残酷无情的劣迹.

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英文词源


inhumanity (n.)
late 15c., from French inhumanité (14c.) or directly from Latin inhumanitatem (nominative inhumanitas) "inhuman conduct, savageness," noun of quality from inhumanus (see inhuman).
And Man, whose heav'n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,--
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
[Robert Burns, "Man was Made to Mourn," 1784]

词态变化


复数: inhumanities;