barbaric
adjective /bɑːˈbærɪk/
/bɑːrˈbærɪk/
- cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other
残暴的；野蛮的；没有文化的 - a barbaric act/custom/ritual
野蛮的行为／习俗／仪式 - The way these animals are killed is barbaric.
宰杀这些动物的手段很残忍。 - It was described as a particularly barbaric act.
那被描述成一种特别野蛮的行为。
- a barbaric act/custom/ritual
- connected with barbarians
野蛮人的；原始部落人的
词源late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘a barbarian’): from Old French barbarique, or via Latin from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros ‘foreign’ (especially with reference to speech).