brutalize

verb

1. 使丧失人类情感；使变残忍
   to make sb unable to feel normal human emotions such as pity
   1. soldiers brutalized by war
      在战争中变得残酷无情的士兵
2. 残酷对待
   to treat sb in a cruel or violent way

in BRIT, use 英国英语亦用 brutalise


1. VERB 使变残忍；使变粗暴
   If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
   1. He was brutalized by the experience of being in prison.
      牢狱生活让他变得残忍粗暴。
2. VERB 虐待；残忍对待
   If one person brutalizes another, they treat them in a cruel or violent way.
   1. ... a 15th century explorer who brutalized people and enslaved them.
      一个虐待奴役他人的15世纪的探险者
   2. Here's a man who has brutalized his own people...
      这是一个残暴对待自己的人民的人。

1. He was brutalized by the experience of being in prison.
   牢狱生活让他变得残忍粗暴。
2. Here's a man who has brutalized his own people
   这是一个残暴对待自己的人民的人。
3. But does anyone truly believe that the situation in Libya would be better if Qaddafi had been allowed to kill, imprison, or brutalize his people into submission?
   但是，任何人是否真的认为，如果让卡扎菲任意杀戮、囚禁或用残暴手段制服人民，利比亚的局势会更好？
4. The best course of action remains to unite the Security Council behind real consequences if President Assad continues to brutalize his own people and threaten the security of the region.
   最有效的途径仍然是让安理会针对阿萨德总统如果继续残暴对待本国人民和威胁地区安全所将面临的真正后果发出一致声音。
5. It is claimed that the police routinely brutalize prisoners.
   据称警察通常残酷对待犯人。
6. A love affair is not made to crouch down and brutalize itself like an English serving-maid who has callouses on her knees from scrubbing.
   爱神不需要象一个膝盖上擦起疙瘩的英国女仆那样死死蹲在一个地方。
7. Over the lack, humans will turn in fear and brutalize one another.
   由于（食物）匮乏，人类将会转入恐慌并残酷对待彼此。
8. You're trapped in a chamber with a bunch of guys that want to brutalize you.
   你在和一束家伙的一间室中被困住需要残酷地对待你。

verb

1. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

   Synonym:    brutaliseanimalizeanimalise

2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
   1. Life in the camps had brutalized him

   Synonym:    brutaliseanimalizeanimalise

3. treat brutally

   Synonym:    brutalise