violent

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a. 暴力的, 猛烈的, 激烈的, 极端的, 凶暴的

发音

US /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/

词形变化

violents 复数 violents violented violenting violents 三单 violenting 现在分词 violented 过去式 violented 过去分词 violenter 比较级 violenter violentest more violent 比较级 violentest 最高级 most violent 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

暴力的；猛烈的

involving actions that are intended to injure or kill people, by hitting them, shooting them etc

the increase in violent crime

暴力犯罪的增多

violent clashes between the police and demonstrators

警方与示威者之间发生的暴力冲突

31 people have been injured in violent incidents throughout the day.

今天一天有31人在暴力事件中受伤。

The riots ended in the violent deaths of three teenagers.

动乱以三名少年的惨死而告终。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An assailant.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To urge with violence.

    古体 及物
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Involving extreme force or motion.

    暴力

    强烈

    A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.

  2. 2.

    Involving physical conflict.

    We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.

  3. 3.

    Likely to use physical force.

    The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.

  4. 4.

    Intensely vivid.

    The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.

  5. 5.

    Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

    1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual,

  6. 6.

    Acute, extreme, sharp.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

red wild tearing fierce crimson trigger-happy vehement

反义词 1

nonviolent

近义相关 10

hot tough bloody intense furious savage fierce raging unnatural ferocious

参见 2

hostile unpeaceful

相关短语

violent presumption [法] 足可作有力证据的推定 violent profits violent relaxation violent presumptions violent relaxations violent storm 十一级风, 暴风; 暴风骤雨; 疾风暴雨 violent storms

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violō Latin -entus Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

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