violence

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n. 猛烈, 暴力, 暴虐, 暴行 [法] 暴行, 暴力, 暴乱

发音

US /ˈvaɪ.(ə.)ləns/
UK /ˈvaɪ.(ə.)ləns/
其它 /ˈvaɪ.(ə)ˌlɛns/

词形变化

violences 复数 violences violenced violences 三单 violencing violencing 现在分词 violenced 过去式 violenced 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

暴力；侵犯；激烈；歪曲

behaviour that is intended to hurt other people physically

There is too much sex and violence on TV these days.

如今电视上性爱和暴力场面太多。

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Extreme force.

    暴力

    可数 不可数

    The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

  2. 2.

    Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.

    暴力

    可数 不可数

    We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

  3. 3.

    Widespread fighting.

    暴力

    可数 不可数

    Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

  4. 4.

    Injustice, wrong.

    伤害

    可数 比喻 不可数

    The translation does violence to the original novel.

v.
  1. 1.

    To subject to violence.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

force fury ferocity wildness fierceness furiousness vehemence

上位词 7

aggression intensity hostility turbulence upheaval intensiveness Sturm und Drang

下位词 6

rage riot savagery domestic violence road rage savageness

相关短语

do violence to 强暴对待 does violence to doing violence to did violence to done violence to reverse domestic violence domestic violence 家庭暴力 spiritual violence intimate partner violence 亲密暴力 police violence sexual violence silence is violence male pattern violence choose violence chooses violence

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin violentiabor. Old French violencebor. Middle English violence English violence Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.

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