savage

1. ADJ Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. 野蠻的; 殘暴的

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. 這是對一個無力自衛(wèi)的小姑娘的野蠻襲擊。

...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. …1987年11月席卷了該國的野蠻暴力浪潮。

2. savagelyADV 野蠻地; 殘暴地

He was savagely beaten. 他被毒打了。

3. N-COUNT If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. 野蠻人; 殘暴的人[表不滿]

...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages. …他們深信該地區(qū)是一片冰冷的沙漠，住著一些沒有教養(yǎng)的野蠻人。

4. V-T If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. (動物) 兇猛地攻擊[usu passive]

The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death. 那只獸接而撲向他，把他攻擊至死。