brutalize
verb /ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
/ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
(British English also brutalise)
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they brutalize | /ˈbruːtəlaɪz/ /ˈbruːtəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it brutalizes | /ˈbruːtəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈbruːtəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple brutalized | /ˈbruːtəlaɪzd/ /ˈbruːtəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle brutalized | /ˈbruːtəlaɪzd/ /ˈbruːtəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form brutalizing | /ˈbruːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈbruːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to make somebody unable to feel normal human emotions such as pity (= sympathy for people who are suffering)
使丧失人类情感；使变残忍 - be brutalized (by something) soldiers brutalized by war
在战争中变得残酷无情的士兵
- be brutalized (by something) soldiers brutalized by war
- brutalize somebody to treat somebody in a cruel or violent way
残酷对待 - The prisoners were brutalized and deprived of basic rights.
囚犯受到残酷对待，被剥夺了基本权利。
- The prisoners were brutalized and deprived of basic rights.