Word · Frequency #7623
savage
猛烈攻击；残忍袭击；撕咬
to attack or assault someone or something ferociously, especially with the teeth
- 1.
To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
猛烈或无拘束地攻击或袭击某人或某物。
- 2.
To criticise vehemently.
猛烈批评
- 3.
To attack with the teeth.
用牙齿攻击
- 4.
attack brutally and fiercely
残酷而猛烈地攻击
猛烈抨击；痛斥；猛烈或无拘束地攻击或袭击某人或某物。；猛烈批评；用牙齿攻击；残酷而猛烈地攻击
In use
The lion savaged its prey with incredible speed.
Critics savaged the new movie, calling it a disaster.
The dog savages the mailman every time he comes near the house.
Verb forms
base savage · third person savages · -ing savaging · past savaged · past participle savaged
常用于描述动物或人类的猛烈攻击
Connections
Collocations
- be savaged by a dog
- 被狗咬伤；遭到狗的猛烈攻击
- The jogger was savaged by a dog in the park.这名慢跑者在公园里遭到一条狗的猛烈攻击。
- be savaged by critics
- 遭到评论家的猛烈抨击
- Her first novel was savaged by critics, but it sold well.她的第一部小说遭到评论家的猛烈抨击，但销量很好。
- savage a proposal
- 猛烈抨击提案
- The opposition savaged the proposal at the town meeting.反对派在镇民会议上猛烈抨击了这项提案。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把savage想成‘野蛮’的野兽，一见猎物就疯狂撕咬攻击，正是动词‘猛烈攻击、痛斥’的画面。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：动物袭击或暴力事件新闻、文学作品中的激烈打斗/撕咬场景、媒体或评论中对人/作品的猛烈抨击 作动词时，原义指动物或人猛烈撕咬、攻击，多见于新闻报道和文学叙述；引申为猛烈批评，常见于报刊评论。整体语气中性，正式与非正式场合都可能出现，具体含义需结合上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
savage 的 -age 常读作 /ɪdʒ/（也可弱化为 /ədʒ/）。只有 ravage 与它真正押韵（/ˈrævɪdʒ/ 对比 /ˈsævɪdʒ/，差别只在首辅音）。cabbage、message、village、salvage、language 虽然拼写都以 -age 结尾，但重读元音或相邻辅音不同，均不与 savage 押韵；salvage 多出的 /l/ 尤其容易造成误判，切勿只凭拼写断言押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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