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ADJ-GRADED
凶恶的;残暴的;凶猛的;野的;未驯服的
Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled.
例句
This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.
1987 年 11 月横扫全国的暴力狂潮
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N-COUNT
野蛮人;未开化的人
If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent.
例句
...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.
他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人
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VERB
(狗等)凶猛地攻击，撕咬
If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.
例句
The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.
接着野兽突然袭击了他，最后把他咬死了。
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VERB
激烈批评;猛烈抨击
If someone or something that they have done is savaged by another person, that person criticizes them severely.
例句
The show had already been savaged by critics...
这场演出已受到评论家们的激烈抨击。
Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor.
发言人纷纷要求进一步明确方向并强烈地抨击了该财政大臣。