| 单词 | inhuman |
| 释义 | inhuman (once / 1171 pages) adj If someone behaves in a way that shows no compassion, you could describe that person and his or her actions as inhuman. A teacher who assigns six hours of homework every night might be seen as inhuman. When people talk about inhuman things, they're usually not talking about dogs or Martians — beings that are literally not human. Rather, this word involves humans who show no regard for their fellow humans. Murdering another person is an inhuman act; slavery is an inhuman institution. Inhuman acts can also be described as inhumane, meaning “heartless and cruel.” WORD FAMILYinhuman: inhumanity, inhumanly+/dehumanise: dehumanisation, dehumanised, dehumanising/dehumanize: dehumanization, dehumanized, dehumanizes, dehumanizing/human: humanise, humanism, humanity, humanize, humanlike, humanly, humanness, humans, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman, unhuman/humanise: dehumanise, humanisation, humanised, humanises, humanising/humanism: humanist, humanistic/humanist: humanists/humanistic: humanistically/humanitarian: humanitarianism, humanitarians/humanity: humanitarian, humanities/humanize: dehumanize, humanization, humanized, humanizes, humanizing/inhumanity: inhumanities/superhuman: superhumanly/unhuman: unhumanly USAGE EXAMPLES“This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment is never a morally permissible option, even if lives depend on gaining information,” the manual said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) She denounced the attack as an act of “inhuman savagery.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj without compunction or human feeling Syn cold, cold-blooded, insensate inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion 2adj belonging to or resembling something nonhuman something dark and inhuman in form a babel of inhuman noises Syn nonhuman not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings |
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