mid-14c., from Old French violent or directly from Latin violentus, related to violare (see violation). In Middle English the word also was applied in reference to heat, sunlight, smoke, etc., with the sense "having some quality so strongly as to produce a powerful effect." Related: Violently.
雙語例句
1. The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police.
人群變得狂暴起來，并向警察投擲汽油彈。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.
劇烈的爆炸好像要把整個地面都掀起來。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
幾乎90%的強奸案和暴力侵害案都沒有報案。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He has led a violent armed insurgency for 15 years.
他領導武裝暴動已達15年之久。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.