"brutalize" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 残暴对待
• 使变得残忍

Definition

以极大的残忍或暴力对待某人；也可以指使某人逐渐变得冷酷或无情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式或新闻语境，描述严重的身体或精神虐待。常见搭配有“被残暴对待”、“使变得残忍”。不适合日常随意使用，语气非常强烈，也可指一个人变得冷酷。

Examples

The guards brutalized the prisoners without mercy.

守卫们毫不留情地**残暴对待**了囚犯。

The war brutalized the young soldiers.

战争**使**年轻士兵**变得残忍**了。

He was brutalized by the harsh treatment at school.

他在学校遭受的严厉对待**使他变得麻木**。

The movie shows how people are brutalized by constant violence.

电影展示了人们如何被持续的暴力**变得冷酷**。

His experiences in the gang completely brutalized him.

他在帮派的经历让他彻底**变得残忍**。

Decades of oppression had brutalized the community's spirit.

几十年的压迫**让**社区的精神**变得麻木**。