savage

英 [ˈsævɪdʒ]

美 [ˈsævɪdʒ]

adj.  凶恶的; 凶残的; 损害严重的; 猛烈抨击的; 蒙昧的; 未开化的; 野蛮的
n.  野蛮人; 未开化的人; 凶狠残暴的人
v.  凶狠地攻击(或伤害); 残害; 猛烈批评; 激烈抨击

复数：savages　过去分词：savaged　过去式：savaged　现在分词：savaging　第三人称单数：savages　

高考CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7623 / COCA.10011

牛津词典

adj.

• 凶恶的；凶残的；损害严重的
  aggressive and violent; causing great harm
  1. savage dogs
     恶狗
  2. She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack’.
     她遭受袭击而身受重伤——警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”。
  3. savage public spending cuts
     拼命削减公共开支
• 猛烈抨击的
  involving very strong criticism
  1. The article was a savage attack on the government's record.
     文章对政府的业绩进行了猛烈的抨击。
• 蒙昧的；未开化的；野蛮的
  an offensive way of referring to groups of people or customs that are considered to be simple and not highly developed
  1. a savage tribe
     野蛮部落

noun

• 野蛮人；未开化的人
  an offensive word for sb who belongs to a people that is simple and not developed
  1. the development of the human race from primitive savages
     人类走出蒙昧的演进过程
• 凶狠残暴的人
  a cruel and violent person
  1. He described the attack as the work of savages.
     他把这次袭击称为野蛮行径。

verb

• 凶狠地攻击（或伤害）；残害
  to attack sb violently, causing serious injury
  1. She was savaged to death by a bear.
     她遭熊袭击而丧命。
• 猛烈批评；激烈抨击
  to criticize sb/sth severely
  1. Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.
     她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 凶恶的;残暴的;凶猛的;野的;未驯服的
  Someone or something that issavageis extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled.
  1. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
     这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
  2. ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.
     1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮
  3. ...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain.
     扯着链子不断猛扑的一只恶狗
• N-COUNT 野蛮人;未开化的人
  If you refer to people assavages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent.
  1. ...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.
     他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人
• VERB (狗等)凶猛地攻击，撕咬
  If someoneis savagedby a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.
  1. The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.
     接着野兽突然袭击了他，最后把他咬死了。
• VERB 激烈批评;猛烈抨击
  If someone or something that they have doneis savagedby another person, that person criticizes them severely.
  1. The show had already been savaged by critics...
     这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。
  2. Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor.
     发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。

双语例句

• The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region
  那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
• Some savage tribes believed that eating enemies that had shown bravery in battle would make them brave.
  某些野蛮部落的人相信，若把在战斗中表现得很勇敢的敌人的肉吃掉了，那就会使自己变得勇敢。
• Feeling like shes lost Blair, lost Dan, shes all by herself again, explains Savage.
  她觉得自己失去了布莱尔，失去了丹，又是孤家寡人了。
• I had previously lived the life of a miserly savage.
  我以前曾像吝啬的野蛮人那样生活过。
• He made a savage attack on the policies of the government.
  他对政府的政策进行了猛烈的抨击。
• He wrote a savage article criticizing my work.
  他写了一篇无礼的文章批评我的作品。
• My name is Richard Savage, your Lordship
  尊敬的阁下，我叫理查德·萨维奇。
• The Savage was now a good Christian, a much better than I;
  这野人现在已成了一个虔诚的基督徒，甚至比我自己还要虔诚。
• He flaunts his queer style as a savage might flaunt a top-hat retrieved from somebody's dustbin.
  他对自己那种怪异的文体加以夸耀这恰似一个野人从别人的垃圾箱里捡出一顶礼帽时那种洋洋得意的样子。
• Master steward, you filled my garden with savage beasts!
  管家，你把我的花园里放满了野兽！