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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- violent ['vaɪələnt]
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1.
adj
marked or caused by great physical force or violence
- a violent stab
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2.
adj
(of a person) tending to the use of violence, esp in order to injure or intimidate others
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3.
adj
marked by intensity of any kind
- a violent clash of colours
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4.
adj
characterized by an undue use of force; severe; harsh
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5.
adj
caused by or displaying strong or undue mental or emotional force
- a violent tongue
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6.
adj
tending to distort the meaning or intent
- a violent interpretation of the text
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7.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin violentus, probably from v
i s strength
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1.
adj
marked or caused by great physical force or violence
Examples
- a violent death
- 横死；暴卒 → violent
- violent language
- 激烈的言语 → violent
- to put a violent construction on a text
- 篡改原文 → violent
- a violent storm
- 猛烈的暴风雨 → violent
- Two red cards for violent or abusive conduct will automatically eliminate a player from remainder of tournament.
- 若因暴力和谩骂行为招致两张红牌，球员就会自动被罚下赛场。 → abusive
- to die a natural/violent death
- 自然死亡/惨死 → die
- after the violent argument he felt very empty → empty
- I couldn't stay, for the area was violent → for
- to lash the audience into a violent mood → lash
- in the teeth of violent criticism he went ahead with his plan → in the teeth of
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