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violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody 暴力；暴行 Police do not think this killing was a random act of violence. 警方并不认为这起谋杀是随机的暴力行为。 - violence against somebody
He condemned the protesters' use of violence against the police. 他谴责抗议者对警察使用暴力。 domestic violence (= between family members) 家庭暴力 These people live under a constant threat of violence. 这些人生活在持续的暴力威胁之下。 Our organization works with victims of violence. 我们的组织与暴力受害者合作。 Why do they always have to resort to violence? 为什么他们总是非要诉诸暴力不可呢？ Violence broke out inside the prison last night. 昨晚监狱里爆发了暴力事件。 Violence erupted between police and demonstrators. 警察和示威者之间爆发了暴力冲突。 Is there too much sex and violence on TV? 电视上有太多的色情和暴力吗？
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2, War and conflictb2Charlie was threatening violence against them both. 查利扬言要对他们两人动粗。 Children who witness violence between parents often develop problems. 目睹父母之间有暴力行为的孩子常常会出问题。 Don't buy toys that glorify violence. 不要买颂扬暴力的玩具。 Hatred breeds violence. 仇恨滋生暴力。 He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence. 他是个急性子，常常动粗。 In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly. 尽管有偶发的暴力事件，投票大体上是有序的。 It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence. 他过这种充满暴力的生活，丧命是意料中的事。 Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show. 大量的来信投诉戏中无谓的暴力场面。 Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into armed conflict. 观察员警告说暴力事件可能会升级为武装冲突。 Political violence killed 29 people last week. 上周的政治暴力事件导致 29 人丧生。 She had suffered years of violence and abuse. 她多年来饱受暴力和虐待之苦。 TV violence threatens the health and welfare of young people. 电视暴力威胁到年轻人的健康和幸福。 The demonstration was marred by violence. 示威活动被暴力事件扰乱了。 The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence. 抗议的情绪高涨，演变成了暴力事件。 The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence. 该恐怖组织的前领导人呼吁停止使用暴力。 The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence. 农民认为他们唯一的选择就是诉诸暴力。 The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence. 警察正在做准备以应付突发的暴力事件。 There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues. 人们担心如果罢工继续下去会再出现暴力事件。 There was surprisingly little graphic violence in the film. 该电影中居然几乎没有血腥的暴力场面，真令人惊奇。 They use their religion to justify violence 他们利用自己的宗教为暴行辩护。 Troops were called in to quell the violence. 部队被调来平息暴力事件。 UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence. 联合国维和人员正在竭力遏制暴力冲突升级。 Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters. 任何情况下警方都不应该对抗议者使用暴力。 We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances. 任何人在特定情况下都会动用暴力。 We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence. 我们必须让人们认识到：暴力只能引发更多的暴力。 We need to bring an end to the deadly violence in the region. 我们需要制止该地区的致命性暴力行为。 a refuge for victims of domestic violence 家庭暴力受害者的避难所 a wave of hate violence and discrimination against migrant workers 一股由仇视引发的针对流动工人的暴力和歧视狂潮 attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence 将国家从暴力泛滥的局面中拯救出来的多番努力 people who inflict violence on animals 虐待动物的人 the men of violence who start wars 多次挑起战争的暴徒 violence among football supporters 足球迷的暴力行为 violence among young men 年轻人的暴力行为 violence between rival ethnic groups 敌对族群间的暴力冲突 violence perpetrated by the army 军队犯下的暴行 violence towards ethnic minorities 对少数民族实施的暴行 violence within the family 家庭暴力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- excessive
- extreme
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- commit
- employ
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- break out
- erupt
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- violence against
- violence among
- violence between
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- an act of violence
- an end to violence
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physical or emotional force and energy 狂热；激情；激烈的力量 The violence of her feelings surprised him. 她感情之强烈使他吃惊。 the violence of the eruption 爆发的暴力 He reacted to the idea with some violence. 他对这个想法反应激烈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- suppressed
- with (a) violence
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’.
Idioms
do violence to something
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to damage something or have a bad effect on it 暴力： 破坏某物或对其造成不良影响This version of the play does violence to Shakespeare's text. 这个版本的戏剧对莎士比亚的文本进行了暴力修改。