| 释义 |
- adj.残酷的；冷酷的；残忍的；残暴的
- adv.非常
- 网络无情的；令人痛苦的
比较级：crueller 最高级：cruellest 第三人称单数：cruels 现在分词：cruelling 过去分词：cruelled adj.+n. cruel world,cruel fate,cruel war,cruel king,cruel punishment adj. merciless,unkind,nasty,pitiless,brutal 1. | ~ (to sb/sth) 残酷的；冷酷的；残忍的；残暴的having a desire to cause pain and suffering |
| | | I can't stand people who are cruel to animals. 我无法容忍虐待动物的人。 | | Her eyes were cruel and hard. 她目光冷酷逼人。 | | Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind(= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) . 有时候为了某人好你就得对他狠。 |
2. | 引起痛苦的causing pain or suffering |
| a cruel punishment/joke 残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话 | | Her father's death was a cruel blow . 父亲去世对她是一大打击。 |
adj. | 1. deliberately and remorselessly causing pain or anguish 2. bringing about pain and distress 3. someone who is cruel enjoys causing pain to other people or animals, or enjoys making them unhappy or upset 4. cruel events or situations make people suffer in a way that seems unfair 1. deliberately and remorselessly causing pain or anguish 2. bringing about pain and distress 3. someone who is cruel enjoys causing pain to other people or animals, or enjoys making them unhappy or upset 4. cruel events or situations make people suffer in a way that seems unfair | v. | 1. to spoil an opportunity of doing something |
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