barbarous
英 ['bɑ?b(?)r?s]
美['bɑrb?r?s]
- adj. 野蠻的；殘暴的
TEM4GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?barbarously;
助記提示
1. 古希臘人很看不起外地人，說(shuō)外地人講話是 *barbar-，這是一個(gè)擬聲詞根，模擬小孩咿呀學(xué)語(yǔ)時(shí)口齒不清的聲音、發(fā)音，由此表示“說(shuō)話像孩子那樣口齒不清”，現(xiàn)在演化為 barbarous "未開(kāi)化的"、barbarian "野蠻人，就像咱們稱呼未開(kāi)化的外族人為：蠻人、夷人、胡人等"。漢語(yǔ)說(shuō)“巴拉巴拉”時(shí)，也是一種擬聲、也是一種貶義，這時(shí)英語(yǔ)用 blah-blah，這與漢語(yǔ)的擬聲完全一樣。
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ous.
5. bar(棍) + bar(棍) + ian(人) => 一個(gè)人一手拿個(gè)棍子野蠻的人。
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ous.
5. bar(棍) + bar(棍) + ian(人) => 一個(gè)人一手拿個(gè)棍子野蠻的人。
英文詞源
- barbarous
- barbarous: [15] Originally, a barbarous person was a ‘foreigner’, anyone who did not speak your own language. Greek bárbaros meant ‘foreign, ignorant’, and it has been speculated that its ultimate signification was ‘unable to speak intelligibly’ (the related Sanskrit barbaras meant ‘stammering’). English acquired the word from Latin barbarus, a modified Vulgar Latin version of which, *brabus, produced Italian bravo and hence, via French, English brave.
=> brave - barbarous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "uncivilized, uncultured, ignorant," from Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros (see barbarian). Meaning "not Greek or Latin" (of words or language) is from c. 1500; that of "savagely cruel" is from 1580s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
- 他認(rèn)為惠特曼的詩(shī)歌太粗俗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. the barbarous treatment of these prisoners of war
- 對(duì)這些戰(zhàn)俘的殘酷待遇
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.
- 他們犯有最野蠻、最滅絕人性的殘暴罪行.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. It was barbarous to treat prisoners in that manner.
- 如此對(duì)待犯人,真是太殘忍了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.
- 清晨五點(diǎn)給人打電話是缺乏教養(yǎng)的行為.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》