savage用作动词时及物，常用于被动结构。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was savaged by the dog.他被狗咬了。
The actress was savaged by the audience.那位女演员受到观众的猛烈抨击。

After the savage had killed his enemy,he hacked the body to pieces.那个野蛮人杀死对手之后，把他的尸体劈成了碎块。
That's an island inhabited by savages.那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。

［派生词］ savagely adv. 野蛮地；残忍地‖savageness n. 野蛮；残忍

用作定语
▲～+n.
Some of the savage customs must be changed.一些原始习惯必须改变。
The black dog is a savage dog.那黑狗是条很凶的狗。