专四词汇辨析题 词汇精选：inhuman的用法和辨析

词汇精选：inhuman的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,adj.,非人类的，怪异可怕的,例句：,She began to make weird inhuman sounds.,她开始发出可怕的非人的声音。,例句：,I heard inhuman shrieks that chilled my heart.,我听到让我心惊胆寒的、异常恐怖的尖叫声。,不人道的，无人性的，不近人情的，野蛮的，残酷的,例句：,The inhuman treatment of Chinese women is well known.,中国妇女受到非人的待遇是世所共知的。,例句：,I quit this inhuman job. I quit working for a machine.,不干这份非人的工作了，我不要再为一部机器干活。,二、词义辨析：,cruel,brutal,inhuman,savage,barbarous,fierce,ruthless,这些形容词都有“残忍的”，“野蛮的”之意。cruel一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。brutal指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。 inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。fierce指天性凶恶，令人害怕。ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。,三、相关短语：,inhuman treatment,【法】 非人道待遇,四、参考例句：,She began to make weird inhuman sounds.,她开始发出可怕的非人的声音。,I was horrified by their inhuman cruelty.,他们的惨无人道令我感到惊骇。,That man is an inhuman monster!,那人是残暴的恶魔！,It is inhuman to strike at helpless people.,伤害无依无靠的人是残酷的。,A sinister inhuman scream rang out across the moors.,沼泽地里突然响起不像是人的不祥的尖叫声。,I heard inhuman shrieks that chilled my heart.,我听到让我心惊胆寒的、异常恐怖的尖叫声。,She turned to a life of exhausting, alomost inhuman labor.,她所选择的是一条从事令人精疲力竭，几乎是残酷的劳动的生活道路。,The inhuman treatment of Chinese women is well known.,中国妇女受到非人的待遇是世所共知的。,At each level, we are confronted with an inhuman pseudoclassicism.,在每个层次，我们都要面对不人道的伪古典主义。,I quit this inhuman job. I quit working for a machine.,不干这份非人的工作了，我不要再为一部机器干活。