- 1殘暴；暴行（如 police brutality：警察暴行、警察暴力）
Brutality is cruel and violent behaviour, or one event of that kind. It is a heavy, serious word. Police brutality is the pairing you will meet most: when officers hurt people more than they need to. You can also talk about the brutality of a war, or of a crime. Do not reach for this word when someone is only a bit rude; it is for real cruelty, often with the body involved. Newspapers like it because it is sharp and clear.
core核心畫面
組成brutal + -ity. The “-ity” turns the adjective into a quality, or into an event of that kind.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
brutalitynoun/ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/
- 1
The state of being brutal.
- Yes, said Stalin, Lenin did accuse me of brutality, and I am brutal where the revolution is concerned—but did Lenin ever say that my policy was wrong? To this the opposition had no answer.
- 2
A cruel or savage act.
- ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
- 3
The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
- police brutality
- school brutality
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