barbarian

英 [bɑːˈbeəriən]

美 [bɑːrˈberiən]

n.  (古代欧洲原始部落的)野蛮人; 没有文化的人; 粗野的人

复数：barbarians　

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牛津词典

noun

• （古代欧洲原始部落的）野蛮人
  a person long ago in the past who belonged to a European people which was considered wild and uncivilized
  1. barbarian invasions of the fifth century
     五世纪时野蛮人的入侵
• 没有文化的人；粗野的人
  a person who behaves very badly and has no respect for art, education, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （旧时的）野蛮人，未开化的人
  In former times,barbarianswere people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
  1. The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
     罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
• N-COUNT 粗野的人；凶残的人
  If you describe someone as abarbarian, you disapprove of them because they behave in a way that is cruel or uncivilized.
  1. Our maths teacher was a bully and a complete barbarian...
     我们的数学老师是个坏蛋，一个彻头彻尾的野蛮人。
  2. We need to fight this barbarian attitude to science.
     我们需要与这种对待科学的野蛮态度作斗争。
• N-COUNT 粗人；没教养的人；缺乏文艺修养的人
  If you refer to people asbarbarians, you mean that they do not know how to behave properly and do not like or understand art and culture.
  1. The people, he thought, looked upon all Americans as barbarians.
     在他看来，这些人觉得美国人素质都很低。

双语例句

• The barbarian became a policeman.
  “野人”当上警察了。
• The barbarian tribes were arming, the rumour went;
  野蛮人部落都有了武器，流言到处乱飞。
• This brute, this barbarian from who knows where.
  这个不知哪里来的士兵，禽兽，野蛮人。
• Like a trapped animal, a wounded Barbarian jumps from his hiding place and attacks you.
  像一个偷袭的动物，一个受伤的野蛮人从他藏身的地方跳出来攻击你。
• After the Zhou capital was sacked by western barbarian tribes, crown prince Ji Yijiu fled to the east.
  之后，周资本被解雇了西方蛮族，王储继久逃到东。
• Lord, what was it the barbarian said, as the riders vanished?
  大人，那野蛮人说的是什么，当骑士们消失之前？
• It's no use inviting ray, he's such a barbarian when it comes to opera.
  邀请雷没用，他是一个歌剧文化修养很差的人。
• Rather as Romans aspired to Greek virtues, the new Barbarian aristocracy aspired to live like Romans.
  正如罗马人为希腊美德而狂热，新到的蛮族贵族也迫切地希望能像罗马人一样生活。
• There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.
  有一个原始部落居住在这个林区。
• We need to fight this barbarian attitude to science.
  我们需要与这种对待科学的野蛮态度作斗争。