IELTS Vocabulary

brute

/brut/

a cruelly rapacious person

Chinese meaning: 残忍的人;畜生

The dictator was a brute who showed no mercy to his opponents.

那个独裁者是个残忍的人,对反对者毫不留情。

Only a brute would treat animals with such cruelty.

只有畜生才会如此残忍地对待动物。

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