barbarism

英 [ˈbɑːbərɪzəm]

美 [ˈbɑːrbərɪzəm]

n.  野蛮; 未开化; 不文明; 残暴的行为; 残酷

复数：barbarisms　

BNC.20386 / COCA.20542

牛津词典

noun

• 野蛮；未开化；不文明
  a state of not having any education, respect for art, etc.
• 残暴的行为；残酷
  cruel or violent behaviour
  1. the barbarism of war
     战争的残酷

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 野蛮（行为）；凶残（行为）
  If you refer to someone's behaviour asbarbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
  1. We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
     我们不赞成死刑：不能以暴制暴。

英英释义

noun

• a brutal barbarous savage act
  Synonym:brutalitybarbaritysavagery

双语例句

• As a result, the spiritual leadership and governance on Earth was lost, and humanity turned to barbarism, warring, thievery, and rape on one another.
  结果，地球上的灵性领导层和统治层失去了，人类回归到野蛮、战争、偷窃和对他人的掠夺中。
• All the vigorous and creative life which the Germans infused into the Roman world was barbarism.
  凡德意志人给罗马世界注入的一切有生命力的和带来生命的东西，都是野蛮时代的东西。
• The question plagued me: how had supposedly civilized people descended to such depths of barbarism?
  有一个问题一直令我苦恼：为什么本该温文尔雅的人会蜕变得如此野蛮。
• You suffer from your civilization. My barbarism is to me a renewal of youth.
  你的文明世界使你苦恼。我的野蛮作用却使我重新焕发青春。
• Others believe that in a modern, so-called'civilized'society, the death penalty is little more than barbarism.
  而另一些人相信在现代的，称之为“文明的”社会中，死刑有点太野蛮了。
• It's barbaric, but a barbarism even worse than the old-fashioned, straightforward kind.
  那是愚昧的，但是愚昧比守旧更糟，坦率的性质。
• Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.
  文明是野蛮在羔羊皮上的化装舞会。
• The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism.
  取决于你爱看哪种立场的报纸，流行的看法是：尽管科技和GDP发展了，道德与社会却停滞不前，甚至可说是，正在向颓废和野蛮沉沦。
• The original conception protests barbarism, nature and cultural inheritance.
  原生理念强调原始、自然和文化积淀，重视城市的历史传承；
• For our part, if we were forced to make a choice between the barbarians of civilization and the civilized men of barbarism, we should choose the barbarians.
  至于我们，假如一定要我们在那些文明的野蛮人和野蛮的文明人之间有所选择的话，我们宁肯选择那些野蛮人。