ferocity

英 [fəˈrɒsəti]

美 [fəˈrɑːsəti]

n.  残暴; 凶猛; 凶恶; 猛烈

复数：ferocities　

TEM8

BNC.14118 / COCA.15993

牛津词典

noun

• 残暴；凶猛；凶恶；猛烈
  violence; aggressive behaviour
  1. The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
     警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 凶猛;狂暴;激烈
  Theferocityof something is its fierce or violent nature.
  1. The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
     进攻非常猛烈,武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being wild or turbulent
  1. the storm's violence
  Synonym:fiercenessfuriousnessfuryvehemenceviolencewildness

双语例句

• The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood
  那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。
• The attack was resumed with a new ferocity.
  重新发起了猛烈进攻。
• But the ferocity of the temblors and the huge death tolls may be the only parallels between the two quake-stricken nations.
  但是地震的无情和令人震惊的死亡人数可能是海地和中国这两个都被地震侵袭的国家仅有的相同点了。
• All his political activities betrayed ferocity and violence.
  他的整个政治生涯暴露了他的残暴本性。
• The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
  这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。
• A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued;
  一种半开化的野性还潜伏在那凹下的眉毛和那充满了黑黑的火焰的眼睛里，但是已经被克制住了。
• Such is my ferocity.
  你看，我就是这样的残暴。
• I don't like cocks because of the ferocity.
  因为公鸡凶猛所以我不喜欢。
• For men, the moko showed their rank, their status and their ferocity, or virility.
  对男性来说，文身显示着他们的阶层、地位和凶猛或男子的气概。
• The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
  进攻非常猛烈，武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。