"brutalize" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 殘暴對待
• 使變得殘忍

Definition

以極大的殘忍或暴力對待某人；也可以指使某人逐漸變得冷酷或無情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式或新聞語境，描述嚴重的身體或精神虐待。常見搭配有「被殘暴對待」、「使變得殘忍」。不適合日常隨便使用，語氣非常強烈，也可指一個人變得冷酷。

Examples

The guards brutalized the prisoners without mercy.

守衛們毫不留情地**殘暴對待**了囚犯。

The war brutalized the young soldiers.

戰爭**使**年輕士兵**變得殘忍**了。

He was brutalized by the harsh treatment at school.

他在學校遭受的嚴厲對待**使他變得麻木**。

The movie shows how people are brutalized by constant violence.

電影展示了人們如何被持續的暴力**變得冷酷**。

His experiences in the gang completely brutalized him.

他在幫派的經歷讓他徹底**變得殘忍**。

Decades of oppression had brutalized the community's spirit.

幾十年的壓迫**讓**社區的精神**變得麻木**。