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词汇 inhuman
释义 inhuman
adjective
uk /ɪnˈhjuː.mən/ us /ɪnˈhjuː.mən/
C2
extremely cruel: 残暴的;无人性的;非人的
Prisoners of war were subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment.战俘们受到了非人的待遇和侮辱。
Synonyms
barbaric
barbarousformal
brutal
callous
cruel
hard(SEVERE)
harsh(UNKIND)
sadistic
savage
tyrannous
vicious
C2
not human in an unusual or frightening way: 非人类的;超人的
Most people feel that there is something almost inhuman about perfection.大多数人认为完美几乎可以说是凡人难以企及的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian

inhuman | American Dictionary


inhuman
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ɪnˈhju·mən/
extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling:
In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

Examples of inhuman


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They all have the same form as human beings, namely, they are human beings in the bodily aspect, no matter how inhuman they are in their souls.
Corporations - factories, turnpikes, canals, rails - were the point of departure from traditional face-to-face interactions into the modern world of inhuman entities operating through interactions between strangers.
The notion of a human technology is not intended to imply an inhuman technology - one that crushes and dehumanizes the essential personhood of those caught up within it.
Such theodicies look insensitive, if not inhuman.
There are still more than a million refugees, most of them living in inhuman conditions.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In this situation it is foolish and inhuman to try to force people to remain in the labour market.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Furthermore, the overcrowded and inhuman transit camps are no longer acceptable.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We have no right to remain impartial when confronted with barbaric inhuman behaviour.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
As for the claim of being interested in the working conditions and inhuman wages in underdeveloped countries, this is pure hypocrisy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I consider such a scheme inhuman and wrong.
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Would it be inhuman or degrading if, for good effect, pupils' clothing was lifted or removed when they were being caned?
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The third article in the convention refers to the right to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment.
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How can you get a decent and sympathetic administration when you start out on a totally-wrong, unfair, and inhuman principle?
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I am not one of those who subcribe to the view that warders are inhuman, hard men.
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To do so would be somewhat inhuman on our part.
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