brute

/brut/

a cruelly rapacious person

中文释义：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。