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

• 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。
• From classical and medieval thought we have borrowed that concept of the rule of law which marks out a civilized society from barbarism.
  我们从古典思想和中世纪思想中借鉴了区别野蛮与文明社会的法治概念。
• Barbarism is here, he said.
  这是一种野蛮行为，他说。
• 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。
• We find the upper stage of barbarism at its highest in the Homeric poems, particularly in the Iliad.
  野蛮时代高级阶段的全盛时期，我们在荷马的诗中，特别是在《伊利亚特》中可以看到。
• If we are to prevail against the barbarism of the terrorists, we need support.
  我们需要支持，才能制止这些恐怖分子的野蛮行径。
• War is barbarism, I am tired and sick of war.
  战争是野蛮行为，我厌恶战争。
• 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。
• The ancient Greeks used the Olympics to substitute for war and slaughter, light took the place of darkness, barbarism was gradually banned by civilization.
  古希腊人以奥运代替了战争和撕杀，黯淡被光明代替，野蛮逐渐被文明取缔。
• 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。