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savage

Word family 
Related topics: Anthropology
sav·age1 /ˈsævɪdʒ/ ●○○ adjectiveadj
1  violent 殘暴的CRUELVIOLENT very violent or cruel 兇猛的，殘暴的 SYN vicious
a savage dog
一條兇猛的狗
a savage murder
兇殘的謀殺
► see thesaurus at violent
2  criticizing 批評CRITICIZE criticizing someone or something very severely 猛烈的，惡狠狠的 OPP mild
a savage attack on the government
對政府的猛烈抨擊
3  severe 嚴重的HARM/BE BAD FOR very severe 極嚴重的，大幅度的
The government has announced savage cuts in spending.
政府宣布大幅度削減開支。
a savage storm
狂風暴雨
4  people 人 [only before noun] old-fashioned not politeSAINSULT an offensive word used to describe people who have a simple traditional way of life 未開化的，原始的，野蠻的 → primitive
a savage tribe
野蠻部落
—savagely adverbadv
He was savagely attacked and beaten.
他遭到了野蠻的襲擊和毆打。
—savageness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
savage• Fussell described the war as 'appallingly cruel and savage.'• Daniels was found dead in his apartment, the victim of a savage beating.• At night, packs of savage dogs roamed the streets.• There was savage fighting in and around the eastern border towns.• Police are hunting the savage killer of five men in South London.• savage tax increases• They caught the monkey, but it was so savage that no one could get near enough to feed it.• a savage warrior
Related topics: Anthropology
savage2 noun [countableC] old-fashioned not polite
SAINSULTa very offensive word for someone who has a simple traditional way of life 未開化的人，野蠻人
Examples from the Corpus
savage• The movie reinforces the stereotype of Indians as heathens and savages.
savage3 verb [transitiveT]
1. ATTACKif an animal such as a dog savages someone, it attacks them and injures them badly 〔動物〕亂咬，兇猛地攻擊 SYN maul
2  CRITICIZEto criticize someone or something very severely 激烈地批評 SYN attack
The prime minister was savaged by the press for failing to take action quickly enough.
首相因未能迅速采取行動而受到新聞界的猛烈抨擊。
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savage• There were some who said he was a man whose children had been savaged by a local hound.• However, Brightman's performance was savaged by critics.• The office door shuddered behind her, and a baying, as of hounds savaging each other, filled the suddenly silent wards.• Time and again he is savaged for speaking on subjects about which his critics claim he knows nothing.• He would insist to his dying day that an arctic wolf had savaged him.• But after critics savaged his second symphony, Elgar became deeply depressed and never wrote another major work.• Stevens was savaged in the sports press after his defeat.• His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.• Troops savaged the weakened enemy army.• Not unnaturally, Ministers have savaged the workings of a property tax ever since rates were abolished.
Origin savage1
(1200-1300) Old French sauvage, from Medieval Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvaticus “of the woods, wild”, from silva “forest”
sav·age1 adjectiveadjsavage2 nounsavage3 verb
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