savage

1. ADJ Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. 野蛮的; 残暴的

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. 这是对一个无力自卫的小姑娘的野蛮袭击。

...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. …1987年11月席卷了该国的野蛮暴力浪潮。

2. savagelyADV 野蛮地; 残暴地

He was savagely beaten. 他被毒打了。

3. N-COUNT If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. 野蛮人; 残暴的人[表不满]

...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages. …他们深信该地区是一片冰冷的沙漠，住着一些没有教养的野蛮人。

4. V-T If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. (动物) 凶猛地攻击[usu passive]

The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death. 那只兽接而扑向他，把他攻击至死。