cruel
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 残忍的
Children can be so cruel. 孩子也会这么残忍。
2. cruellyADV 残忍地[ADV with v]
Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings. 道格拉斯过去常遭到嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹们的残忍折磨。
3. ADJ A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. 严酷的
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope. …在一个他们不能承受的严酷世界中挣扎着求生。
4. cruellyADV 严酷地
His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making. 他的生活由于一个非他自身因素造成的事件被无情地破坏了。
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cruel /ˈkruːəl/ (crueller,cruellest)
剑桥词典
- extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally
- It's so cruel to keep a pony chained up like that all the time .
- Can't you see that you're really frightening your little brother ? Don't be so cruel.
- We appear to have been the victims of a cruel practical joke .
- Fate played a cruel trick on him when he was badly injured in his first international game .
- Keeping animals in these conditions is unbelievably cruel - the farmer ought to be prosecuted .
残忍的；残酷的；刻毒伤人的
Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel. 别拿他的体重开玩笑——这样太刻薄了。
Children can be very cruel to each other. 小孩相互之间会很残忍。
causing suffering
令人痛苦的
His death was a cruel blow . 他的死是个无情的打击。
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cruelly
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in a cruel way
残酷地；残忍地