"brutalizing" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 残暴对待
• 残忍折磨

Definition

以极端残忍或暴力的方式对待某人，通常会造成严重痛苦或伤害。有时也指通过严酷对待让某人变得冷酷或无情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于正式、严肃场合，如新闻、法律或心理学领域，指极端暴力或残酷对待。可指身体、心理或系统性的虐待。不是日常用语。不要和“打”或“一般伤害”混淆。

Examples

The guards were brutalizing the prisoners.

警卫们在**残暴对待**囚犯。

The movie shows the main character brutalizing his enemies.

电影中主角正在**残忍折磨**敌人。

Reports say the army was brutalizing civilians.

报告称军队正在**残暴对待**平民。

He grew up in an environment where adults were constantly brutalizing each other.

他成长在一个大人们经常**残暴对待**彼此的环境。

The constant violence on TV is brutalizing society little by little.

电视上的持续暴力正在一点点**使**社会**变得冷酷无情**。

Decades of war ended up brutalizing the whole population.

几十年的战争最终**使**整个人民**变得麻木冷酷**。