1 behaviour which harms or damages sb/sth physically 暴力(行为):
They threatened to use violence if we didn't give them the money.他们扬言,如果我们不给他们钱,就要使用暴力。an act of violence暴行
2 great force or energy 强大的力量;威力:
the violence of the storm暴风雨的威力
violence/ˋvaIələns; ˈvaIələns/n [U]1 behaviour that is intended to hurt other people physically 暴力(行为): There's too much violence on TV these days. 如今电视上暴力镜头太多。+against violence against women 对妇女的暴力We condemn any act of violence . 我们谴责任何暴力行为。2 extreme force 巨大力量: the violence of a tornado 龙卷风的威力