savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/ CET6 TEM4 ( savaging, savaged, savages )

• 1. 

  ADJ Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. 野蛮的; 残暴的

  例：

  This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.

  这是对一个无力自卫的小姑娘的野蛮袭击。

  例：

  ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.

  …1987年11月席卷了该国的野蛮暴力浪潮。

• 2. 

  savagely ADV 野蛮地; 残暴地

  例：

  He was savagely beaten.

  他被毒打了。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. 野蛮人; 残暴的人 [表不满]

  例：

  ...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.

  …他们深信该地区是一片冰冷的沙漠，住着一些没有教养的野蛮人。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. (动物) 凶猛地攻击 [usu passive]

  例：

  The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.

  那只兽接而扑向他，把他攻击至死。