a brute of a man
collocation像畜生一样残暴的男人；蛮横的大块头
Her new husband turned out to be a brute of a man who treated her like a servant.
她的新丈夫原来是个像畜生一样残暴的家伙，把她当佣人一样对待。
残暴的人；畜生
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残暴的人；畜生
A cruel, violent, or coarse person; someone who behaves like an unthinking animal.
The villain in the movie was a heartless brute who terrorized the town.
电影里的反派是个冷酷无情的残暴之徒，恐吓了整个城镇。
多含贬义，指人
具有无思想动物特征的人；粗鲁或残暴的人,尤其是愚钝的人
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
残忍贪婪的人
a cruelly rapacious person
一种强力聚光灯
A kind of powerful spotlight.
具有自主运动能力的生物体
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
We need to treat animals with kindness, not like mindless brutes.
我们应该善待动物，而不是把它们当作没有思想的畜生。
Despite his size, he was no brute; he was gentle and kind.
尽管他身材高大，但他并非粗鲁之人；他温柔而善良。
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像畜生一样残暴的男人；蛮横的大块头
Her new husband turned out to be a brute of a man who treated her like a servant.
她的新丈夫原来是个像畜生一样残暴的家伙，把她当佣人一样对待。
凶残的暴徒；残忍的畜生
The warlord was a vicious brute who destroyed entire villages.
那个军阀是个凶残的暴徒，毁掉了整个村庄。
醉酒闹事的恶棍；酒后施暴的人
A drunken brute started a fight outside the bar.
一个醉醺醺的恶棍在酒吧外挑起斗殴。
不会说话的畜生（常指动物）
In the past, working animals were treated as dumb brutes, not as companions.
过去，役用动物被当作不会说话的畜生对待，而不是当作伙伴。
老恶棍；老混蛋（对粗暴男人的贬称）
My neighbor is an old brute who never greets anyone.
我的邻居是个从不跟人打招呼的老混蛋。
粗野的大个子
Our landlord is a brute of a man, but his wife is tiny and gentle.
我们的房东是个粗野的大个子，他妻子却很娇小温柔。
像畜生一样拼命地
She worked like a brute to finish the project on time.
她像畜生一样拼命干活，以按时完成项目。
你这个粗野的人
Oh, you brute! You finished the whole cake yourself.
哦，你这个粗野的家伙！你把整个蛋糕都吃光了。
我有一支暴徒小队。
In the movie The Princess Bride, Vizzini says, "I have the Brute Squad."
在电影《公主新娘》中，维齐尼说：“我有一支暴徒小队。”
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联想 brute 与 brutal（残忍的）仅差 -al：去掉词尾就是名词“残暴的人、畜生”，画面是蛮横无脑的打手。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、文学/影视描写 作名词指“残暴的人”时，语气较强，通常带贬义；口语和文学描写中都可能出现，正式场合较少使用。
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