| 单词 | inhumane |
| 释义 | inhumane (once / 19667 pages) adj The adjective inhumane means cruel and heartless. Use it to describe terrible things like your neighbor's inhumane treatment of his hound dogs, which he leaves tied up in the yard in all kinds of weather. Whenever someone acts without considering the discomfort or pain of another person or animal, you can describe their actions as inhumane. A cruel government that keeps prisoners in terrible conditions is inhumane, and the treatment of farm animals is in some cases revealed to be inhumane by investigators. The word inhumane was originally a synonym of inhuman, literally "not human," but it fell out of use and then was revived in the 1820s to mean the opposite of humane. WORD FAMILYinhumane: inhumanely, inhumaneness+/humane: humanely, humaneness, humaner, humanest, inhumane USAGE EXAMPLES"Our constitution states that no persons should be subjected to torture, inhumane or degrading punishment," Mr Bird says. BBC(Dec 17, 2016) The government is forging ahead despite protests from human-rights groups, who say that deportations to Afghanistan are inhumane. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) A soft-spoken 20-year-old man described the production pressure as “inhumane.” Slate(Dec 15, 2016) adj reflecting lack of pity or compassion humans are innately inhumane biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used Syn|Ant barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutishresembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility cannibalicmarked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensatewithout compunction or human feeling pitiless, unkinddeficient in humane and kindly feelings painfulcausing physical or psychological pain humane marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering civilised, civilizedhaving a high state of culture and development both social and technological compassionateshowing or having compassion humanhaving human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings child-centereddesigned to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarianmarked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare mercifulshowing or giving mercy |
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