ferocity
英 [fəˈrɒsəti]
美 [fəˈrɑːsəti]
n. 残暴; 凶猛; 凶恶; 猛烈
复数：ferocities
BNC.14118 / COCA.15993
牛津词典
noun
- 残暴；凶猛；凶恶；猛烈
violence; aggressive behaviour- The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。
- The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 凶猛;狂暴;激烈
Theferocityof something is its fierce or violent nature.- The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
进攻非常猛烈,武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。
- The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being wild or turbulent
- the storm's violence
双语例句
- I am not worried about the pace or ferocity, but I might need some time to adapt.
我不担心比赛的节奏或者激烈程度，但是我可能需要一些时间去适应。 - Featuring unparalleled ferocity and iron discipline, they can be mustered on a moment's notice.
以举世无双的残暴和铁一样的纪律为特征，他们可以在收到通告后极短的时间内集合起来。 - Perhaps this is the genesis of the rumors of monstrous things reported to resemble the barbarians in size and ferocity, but that are in reality nothing more than unreasoning, inhuman beasts.
这可能是那些流言中关于被传体型和凶猛类似野蛮人的怪物的根源，但事实上那些只不过是无意识的非人野兽罢了。 - The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
进攻非常猛烈，武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。 - Although Sinbad pronounced these words with much calmness, his eyes gave forth gleams of extraordinary ferocity.
虽然辛巴德在说这些话的时候态度很平静，但从他的眼睛里却射出了异常凶猛的光芒。 - The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。 - The action moves with truth, ferocity, and surprise toward a climax that contains the racial history of America.
这个行动以真实性，残忍性和惊人的场面发展到高潮，其中包括美国的种族史。 - The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood
那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。 - The ferocity of them frightened me.
他们的残暴吓坏了我。 - Ferocity is proper to tigers.
凶猛是老虎的天性。