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小词详解 | vicious
vicious 英 [ˈvɪʃəs] 美 [ˈvɪʃəs]
Industry fragmentation, vicious competition for contracts and low profit margins mean that most building firms have little money to invest in greener construction methods beyond what regulation dictates.
由于行业分散、争夺合约的恶性竞争和低利润率,大多数建筑公司在达到法规要求之外已没什么钱来投资于更环保的施工方法。
——《经济学人》Challenging America to own its sins and live up to its ideals isn’t a vicious attack, it’s an act of patriotism.
要求美国承认自己的罪恶,实现自己的理想,并非恶意的攻击之举,而是一种爱国行为。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 故意残忍或暴力
My colleagues are not intimidated by me. Far from it. They speak their minds. Nothing has happened to them. But if we allow vicious, evil attacks to pass unchallenged - then the whole system must be undermined.
我的同僚并不怕我,一点都不。他们有话就直说,也没什么后果。但如果我们任由他人恶意攻击,整个制度就将遭到破坏。
brutal: savagely violent ferocious: savagely fierce, cruel, or violent savage: (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled