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brutal

adjective
 
🔊/ˈbruːtl/
🔊/ˈbruːtl/
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  1.  
    violent and cruel残暴的；兽性的
    • a brutal attack/murder/rape/killing野蛮的攻击／谋杀／强奸／杀害
    • a brutal and repressive regime残酷镇压政权
  2.  
    direct and clear about something unpleasant; not thinking of people’s feelings直截了当的；冷酷的
    • With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.她冷酷地直接告诉他，她不爱他。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus ‘dull, stupid’.