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be brutally + [past participle]
被动语态中，brutally 放在 be 动词与过去分词之间。
He was brutally attacked on his way home.
他在回家路上遭到残忍袭击。
残忍地；蛮横地
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残忍地；蛮横地
in a vicious manner
He was brutally attacked on his way home.
他在回家路上遭到残忍袭击。
残忍地；野蛮地。
In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
直接地,不试图掩饰或掩盖不愉快；直截了当地。
In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly.
The older boys brutally teased the new student at school.
高年级男生在学校残忍地捉弄新来的学生。
She was brutally honest about her feelings, even though it hurt him.
她毫不留情地坦白了自己的感受，尽管这让他很伤心。
The chef was brutally criticized for serving such a salty soup.
这位厨师因为端出这么咸的汤而受到残酷的批评。
被动语态中，brutally 放在 be 动词与过去分词之间。
He was brutally attacked on his way home.
他在回家路上遭到残忍袭击。
brutally 修饰主动语态的及物动词，通常放在谓语动词前。
The gang brutally murdered the shopkeeper.
这个团伙残忍地杀害了店主。
brutally 也可以放在句末，修饰整个动词短语。
The soldiers treated the prisoners brutally.
士兵们残忍地对待囚犯。
Not this
He treated the prisoner brutal.
Use this
He treated the prisoner brutally.
treat 是动词，修饰它要用副词 brutally；brutal 是形容词，只能修饰名词，不能作方式状语。
Not this
He brutally was killed in the attack.
Use this
He was brutally killed in the attack.
被动语态中，方式副词 brutally 应置于助动词 was 之后、过去分词 killed 之前，放在 was 前面是语序错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
直言不讳的；毫不留情的
She was brutally honest about my mistakes.
她毫不留情地指出我的错误。
残忍地杀害
The store owner was brutally murdered last night.
昨晚店主被人残忍地杀害了。
毒打；残忍地殴打
He was brutally beaten by a gang of thugs.
他被一帮暴徒毒打了一顿。
极其寒冷的；冷得刺骨的
The winds were brutally cold on the mountain.
山上的风冷得刺骨。
极其困难的；难得离谱的
The final exam was brutally difficult.
期末考试难得离谱。
极其坦诚的，直言不讳的
She was brutally honest when she told me my singing needed work.
她非常坦率地告诉我，我的歌唱还需要练习。
毫不客气的，非常直率的
The review was brutally frank about the restaurant's poor service.
那篇评论对这家餐馆糟糕的服务毫不客气地直言不讳。
极其简单的，简单得惊人的
The solution to the problem was brutally simple.
这个问题的解决办法极其简单。
Use brutally naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想野兽发狂下狠手：残忍地、蛮横地对付他人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、小说叙述、日常对话 brutally 在正式与非正式场合都较常见，多用于描述残忍或粗暴的方式。语气较强，但本身不带有固定语域限制。
None of these common words rhymes with brutally /ˈbruːtəli/. Totally ends in the same /təli/ sound, but its stressed vowel /oʊ/ differs from brutally's /uː/, so it only looks and partially sounds similar. The words finally, naturally, usually, legally, and literally share the -ally spelling with a reduced final /əli/ or /li/, but their stressed vowels/consonants are different. Watch out for the spelling lookalikes: the -ally ending here is pronounced in various ways, not always like brutally.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.