savage

英 ['sævɪdʒ] 美['sævɪdʒ]

adj. 野蛮的；残酷的；狂怒的；荒凉的
n. 未开化的；粗鲁的人；残暴成性的人
vt. 乱咬；粗暴的对待
n. (Savage)人名；(西)萨瓦赫；(英、德)萨维奇

近义词 barbarous fierce wild ruthless cruel untamed inhumane uncivilized

反义词 civilized christian

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英英释义

1. a member of an uncivilized people

2. a cruelly rapacious person

同义词辨析

cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

这些形容词都有"残忍的，野蛮的"之意。

cruel：一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。

brutal：指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。

inhuman：着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。

savage：指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。

barbarous：专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。

fierce：指天性凶恶，令人害怕。

ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。

考试真题

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

实用场景例句

savage dogs: 恶狗

She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack ’.: 她遭受袭击而身受重伤——警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”。

savage public spending cuts: 拼命削减公共开支

The article was a savage attack on the government's record.: 文章对政府的业绩进行了猛烈的抨击。

a savage tribe: 野蛮部落

savagely attacked/criticized: 受到猛烈的攻击 / 批评

‘No! ’ he snarled savagely.: “不！”他恶狠狠地吼道。

the development of the human race from primitive savages: 人类走出蒙昧的演进过程

He described the attack as the work of savages.: 他把这次袭击称为野蛮行径。

She was savaged to death by a bear.: 她遭熊袭击而丧命。

Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.: 她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.: 这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。

...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.: 1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮

...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.: 他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人

The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.: 接着野兽突然袭击了他，最后把他咬死了。

The show had already been savaged by critics...: 这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。

Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor.: 发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。

The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.: 那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打.

No nation omits to record the actions of their ancestors, however bloody, savage and rapacious.: 每个民族都不会消除他们祖先的历史记录,不论他们祖先的行为多么血腥, 野蛮和贪婪.

He has a savage temper.: 他脾气粗暴.

The extravagant savage made the and exterior criteria of deterioration.: 豪侈的野蛮人拟定了败北的内外标准.

The inhabitants were still in the savage state.: 这些居民仍处于野蛮状态.

So gird yourself for such strange effects as savage wildfires, disappearing lakes, and freak allergies.: 所以,作好准备去应对那些奇怪的后果吧,比如凶猛的大火、正在消失的湖泊以及反常的过敏症状.

中文词源

savage 野人

来自古法语 sauvage,野人，来自拉丁语 salvaticus,野蛮的，来自 silva,森林，林地，词源同 sylvan, 森林。引申诸相关词义。

助记提示

1. (未开化的)年代要常喊救命 =brutal.

双语例句

1. In fact, Richard Savage had known Edward Bellamy a scant five hours.: 实际上，理查德·萨维奇和爱德华·贝拉米相识才仅仅5个小时。

2. My name is Richard Savage, your Lordship.: 尊敬的阁下，我叫理查德·萨维奇。

3. They were savage and bloodthirsty.: 他们野蛮残暴。

4. Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.: 这样残暴的惩罚是与文明社会相抵触的.

5. He received a savage blow on the head; that did for him.: 他头上遭到一记猛击, 就完蛋了.

英文词源

savage: savage: [13] A savage is etymologically someone who comes from the ‘woods’ – woodlands being anciently viewed as places of untamed nature, beyond the pale of civilized human society. The word comes via Old French sauvage from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, an alteration of Latin silvāticus ‘of the woods, wild’. This was a derivative of silva ‘woods, forest’ (source of English sylvan [16]), a word of uncertain origin.
=> sylvan
savage (adj.): mid-13c., "fierce, ferocious;" c. 1300, "wild, undomesticated, untamed" (of animals and places), from Old French sauvage, salvage "wild, savage, untamed, strange, pagan," from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus "wild," literally "of the woods," from silva "forest, grove" (see sylvan). Of persons, the meaning "reckless, ungovernable" is attested from c. 1400, earlier in sense "indomitable, valiant" (c. 1300).
savage (n.): "wild person," c. 1400, from savage (adj.).
savage (v.): "to tear with the teeth, maul," 1880, from savage (adj.). Earlier "to act the savage" (1560s). Related: Savaged; savaging.

词态变化

复数: savages;第三人称单数: savages;过去式: savaged;过去分词: savaged;现在分词: savaging;副词: savagely;