[计] 硬算, 强制; 强力程序

Brute \Brute\, a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough,
rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp.
bruto.]
1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious;
without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the
brute powers of nature.

2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute
beast; the brute creation.

A creature . . . not prone
And brute as other creatures, but endued
With sanctity of reason. --Milton.

3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast.
Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless;
as, brute violence. --Macaulay.

The influence of capital and mere brute labor.
--Playfair.

4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental;
coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

A great brute farmer from Liddesdale. --Sir W.
Scott.

5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]

{brute force}, The application of predominantly physical
effort to achieve a goal that could be accomplished with
less effort if more carefully considered. Figuratively,
repetitive or strenuous application of an obvious or
simple tactic, as contrasted with a more clever stratagem
achieving the same goal with less effort; -- as, the first
prime numbers were discovered by the brute force
repetition of the {Sieve of Eratosthenes}.
[PJC]