brutal
adjective /ˈbruːtl/
/ˈbruːtl/
- 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
残酷镇压的政权
- a brutal attack/murder/rape/killing
- 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。
- With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him.
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the lower animals’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin brutalis, from brutus ‘dull, stupid’.