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

• That was the immense advantage of barbarian production, which was lost with the coming of civilization;
  这是野蛮时代的生产的巨大优越性，这一优越性随着文明时代的到来便丧失了。
• 64 two mighty barbarian adventurers leave on a great quest.
  两名强大的野蛮人冒险者去进行一项伟大的任务。
• 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。
• And Barbarian Nations such as German and Slav were somewhat like naive children.
  野蛮的日耳曼和斯拉夫则象天真的儿童。
• And they call me barbarian.
  他们还把我叫野人。
• The barbarian became a policeman.
  “野人”当上警察了。
• Did he know that I had been the Barbarian Tyrant?
  他还知道我就是那个野蛮人暴君吗？
• The barbarian tribes were arming, the rumour went;
  野蛮人部落都有了武器，流言到处乱飞。
• Chinese mind since then are stuffed with barbarian spirit of vulgarity and shamelessness.
  中国人的神志从那时候起就充斥了野蛮，粗俗和无耻。
• 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。