brute

力任せの

よく考えたり技術を使ったりせず、強い力に頼る。

やさしい英語で： Using strong physical power rather than careful thought or skill.

• He opened it with brute force.
• Moving the rock required brute strength.
• They relied on brute power to break through the gate.

類義語： raw, sheer

よく使う表現： brute force, brute strength, brute power

理性のない

人間のように考えたり判断したりできないとされる動物についていう。

やさしい英語で： Describing animals as unable to think or reason like humans.

• The writer called them brute beasts.
• He believed brute animals acted only on instinct.
• The poem contrasts human thought with brute nature.

類義語： unreasoning, irrational

反対語： rational

よく使う表現： brute beasts, brute animals, brute creation

無生物の、意識のない

思考や目的、感情を持たず、物質や物理的な力として存在する。

やさしい英語で： Existing as physical matter or power, without thought, purpose, or feeling.

• He described the rocks as brute matter.
• The storm revealed the brute powers of nature.
• To her, the universe was more than brute material existence.

類義語： inanimate, unthinking

よく使う表現： brute matter, brute earth, brute powers

乱暴者、人でなし

他人を傷つけたり怖がらせたりする、乱暴で残酷な人。

やさしい英語で： A rough, cruel person who hurts or frightens others.

• He is a cruel brute.
• That brute pushed an old woman aside.
• The guards were brutes who enjoyed frightening the prisoners.

類義語： bully, thug, beast

よく使う表現： cruel brute, heartless brute, behave like a brute

獣、動物

動物、特に大きいものや力の強いもの。

やさしい英語で： An animal, especially a large or powerful one.

• Keep that brute on a lead.
• The poor brute could barely pull the cart.
• Two great brutes stood inside the wooden enclosure.

類義語： beast, animal

よく使う表現： large brute, poor brute, wild brute