学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2173 brutality

今天我们要学的词是 brutality¹. Brutality 名词，意思是残忍，暴行。The U.N. Committee Against Torture has condemned² the reported police brutality and excessive use of force in the United States. 联合国反酷刑委员会对媒体报道的有关美国发生的警察暴行和过度使用暴力的情况提出谴责。Two college students are developing an app that could live-stream video of police brutality. 两名大学生正在开发一款应用，这款应用可以实时传送警察实施暴行的视频。好的，今天我们学习的词是 brutality, brutality, brutality...

1 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

2 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。