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Brutish describes a person, or the way they act, as cruel and not alive to other people’s feelings — more like a rough animal than a careful human. It is a judging word, and it sounds a little old or . In everyday talk, many people would just say cruel, mean, or like an animal. It comes from brute (a beast, or a person who acts like one) plus -ish (“in the manner of”). It is not the building word , even though they look close on the page. Brutal is the closer everyday cousin, but brutal leans toward violence; brutish leans toward a coarse, manner.
野蠻的；沒人性的（較書面；不是建築那個 brutalist）
組成brute + -ish. Brute is a beast, or a person who acts like one; -ish means “in that manner.”
同家族的字
- brutethe noun this adjective is built from
- brutishnessthe noun for this quality
- brutala close cousin from the same brute family, but more about violence
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
brutishadj/ˈbɹuːt.ɪʃ/
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Of, or in the manner of a brute.
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Bestial; lacking human sensibility.
- And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.
- In working out Aristotle’s view, it may help to keep in mind some of its rivals. We have a rich cultural gallery of competing candidates for the titles bad, vicious, evil, worst. There is the pursuer of disvalue as such, like Hannibal Lecter or Milton’s Satan; the wanton or brutish slave to low desires; the Dostoevskeian outlaw, committer of some unforgiveable crime; and the amoral egoist or sociopath who greets all moral considerations with a shrug.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。