mid-15c., "uncivilized or rude nature," from French barbarisme (13c.), from Latin barbarismus, from Greek barbarismos "foreign speech," from barbarizein "to do as a foreigner does" (see barbarian). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French; sense extended in English to "uncivilized condition."
实用例句
1. the barbarism of war
战争的残酷
来自《权威词典》
2. We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
我们不赞成死刑：不能以暴制暴。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The constitution also corresponds to the upper stage of barbarism.
他们的制度也是跟野蛮时代高级阶段相适应的.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
4. Barbarism ends with the production of grand barbarians.
野蛮阶段随着伟大的野蛮人的成果而结束.
来自辞典例句
5. All the vigorous and creative life which the Germans infused into the Roman world was barbarism.
