dehumanizes是什么意思？

dehumanizes

• v. 使失去人性，使非人化( dehumanize的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Entertaining ourselves by inflicting needless pain on a fellow creature dehumanizes us. 通过其它生灵伙伴身上不必要的痛苦来娱乐自己,这让我们失去人性.
• Cruel and unnecessary punishment dehumanizes both the punisher and the punished. 残酷且不必要的处罚使处罚者与受罚者双方失去人性.
• Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim. 严刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都丧失人性.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使失去人性;使无人性
  If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence.
  例句
  The years of civil war have dehumanized all of us. 连年内战剥夺了我们所有人的人性。