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单词 savagery
释义 sav·age·ry
\-j(ə)rē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: savage (I) + -ry
1.
 a. : the quality of being savage : savage disposition or action
  < this outburst of savagery that was to prove his undoing — Harold Helfer >
  < the savagery of her methods of warfare — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : an act of cruelty or violence
  < during the savageries of the blitz — Christopher Morley >
2. : the state or condition of being uncivilized
 < it is only somewhere between savagery and civilization that love is born — J.W.Krutch >
3. : wildness
 < the splendor of the seascape, the savagery of the mountains — Claudia Cassidy >
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