cruel

释义

adj.残酷的; 引起痛苦的

大小写变形: CRUEL

词态变化

比较级 :   crueller ; 最高级 :   cruellest ; 副词 :   cruelly ;

实用场景例句

Children's inherent naivety fails to stop them from acting in cruel ways.

孩子们与生俱来的天真并不能阻止他们以残忍的方式行事。

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Locking a creature in a cage is undeniably cruel, isn't it?

将生物关在笼子里无疑是残忍的，不是吗？

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Struggling desperately in a cruel reality that suffocates their spirit

在扼杀灵魂的残酷现实中绝望挣扎

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With cruel irony, his horse gave out on the straight section of the track.

带着残酷的讽刺，他的马在赛道的笔直部分倒下了。

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Sometimes parents have to be cruel to be kind when disciplining their children.

有时候父母管教孩子时不得不狠心为了他们好。

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His smile was cruel and mocking.

他的笑容残忍而嘲弄。

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He can't bear bosses who are cruel to employees.

他无法忍受对员工刻薄的老板。

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a cruel tyrant

残忍的暴君

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She gave me a cruel smile before leaving.

她离开前给了我一个残忍的微笑。

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The child was cruelly punished for a small mistake.

那个孩子因为一个小错误而受到了残酷的惩罚。

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The sudden loss of her job was a cruel twist of fate.

突然失去工作对她来说是命运残酷的捉弄。

金山词霸

He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.

他反抗虐待.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.

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A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.

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The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.

残暴的奴隶主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隶.

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The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.

那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.

他不会做出这么残忍的事.

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It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.

用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的.

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真题例句

That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

英英释义

Adjective

1. lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy

2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

"a barbarous crime"

"brutal beatings"

"cruel tortures"

"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"

"a savage slap"

"vicious kicks"

3. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;

"brutal instruments of torture"

"cruel weapons of war"

4. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;

"brutal weather"

"northern winters can be cruel"

"a cruel world"

"a harsh climate"

"a rigorous climate"

"unkind winters"