"brutalizing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 殘暴對待
• 殘忍折磨

Definition

以極端殘忍或暴力的方式對待某人，通常會造成嚴重痛苦或傷害。有時也指通過嚴苛對待使某人變得冷酷或無情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式、嚴肅場合，如新聞、法律或心理學語境，專指極端暴力或殘忍對待。既可指身體也可指心理或系統性折磨。不是口語用詞。不要與“打”或一般傷害混淆。

Examples

The guards were brutalizing the prisoners.

警衛們在**殘暴對待**囚犯。

The movie shows the main character brutalizing his enemies.

電影中主角正在**殘忍折磨**敵人。

Reports say the army was brutalizing civilians.

報告稱軍隊正在**殘暴對待**平民。

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

他成長在一個大人們經常**殘暴對待**彼此的環境。

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

電視上的持續暴力正在一點一點地**使**社會**變得冷酷無情**。

Decades of war ended up brutalizing the whole population.

幾十年的戰爭最終**使**整個人民**變得麻木冷酷**。