英 [ˈbruːt(ə)l] 美 [ˈbruːt(ə)l]
adj. 野蛮的，凶残的；毫不掩饰的，直截了当的；令人不快的，糟糕的
brutal /ˈbruːtəl/ CET6 TEM4
形容词 A brutal act or person is cruel and violent. 残暴的
He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
他是一桩异常残暴的谋杀案的受害者。
...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests.
…对反政府抗议行动的残酷镇压。
副词 残暴地
Her real parents had been brutally murdered.
她的亲生父母已被残暴地杀害了。
形容词 If someone expresses something unpleasant with brutal honesty or frankness, they express it in a clear and accurate way, without attempting to disguise its unpleasantness. 不留情面的 (诚实、直白)
It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty.
不留情面的诚实地谈论他们自己和他们的感情令人耳目一新。
副词 不留情面地
The talks had been brutally frank.
那些谈话不留情面地坦率。
残忍的
... Rude（粗鲁的）: Brutal（残忍的）: Superficial（肤浅的）: ...
整个战役分为休闲（Casual）、普通（Normal）、困难（Hard）、残酷（Brutal）四个难度，深度玩家可以选择最残酷的挑战，而新手即便毫无基础也能轻松上手过把瘾。
... brusque 唐突的；直率的；无礼的, 鲁莽的 brutal 残忍的；野蛮的，不讲理的 brutish 粗野的；残忍的；野兽般的 ...
... 严酷的，令人害怕的;不愉快的，讨厌的：grim 严峻的;严酷的：brutal 严峻的，严厉的;严酷的;严密的，精确的：rigorous ...
They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.
他们生活在幸福中，与残酷事实相隔绝。
Eddy found himself plunged into a world of brutal violence.
埃迪发现自己突然陷入了一个残酷暴力的世界。
The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.
多年来人们一直受到残暴统治的压制。
It was brutal. Whenever white men wanted Indian land, the tribes were pushed farther west.
VOA : special.2010.04.01
It was not of a brutal despotic ruler, because they didn't have any such thing.
并非是一个暴政野蛮的独裁者,因为他们从来没有过这样的人
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He was deeply ambitious to the cause of promoting psychoanalysis, to the cause of presenting his view and defending it, and he was often dishonest, extremely brutal to his friends, and terrible to his enemies.
他雄心勃勃,想要壮大精神分析，想要向世人展示他的观点,想要为其观点进行辩护，他还经常说谎，对朋友蛮不讲理，对竞争对手也毫不留情。
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The United States has condemned what it called "brutal repression of demonstrations" in Syria.
VOA : special.2011.03.26
They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident.
VOA : special.2009.12.13
Simon Lawler QC, defending, described the attack as "10 minutes of total brutal madness".
Masekela became a working musician, but chafed against the oppressive laws and brutal enforcement.
The ballistics and other crime scene reports contained in the documents detail a quick, brutal ambush.