cruel
adj. 残酷的; 引起痛苦的
Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
Children can be so cruel...
孩子有时可能会相当残忍。
Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?
你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗?
A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...
在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.
十分残酷而且极具讽刺意味的是,他的马在赛场的平地上摔倒了。
1. lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
3. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
4. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless
这些形容词都有"残忍的,野蛮的"之意。
be cruel to be kind
(最终使其受益的)严格对待某人
He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.
他反抗虐待.
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.
A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.
母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
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.
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.
adj. 残忍的,残酷的
meantruculentferociousheartlessbrutalruthless
其他释义
harshsavagestonyforbiddingunkindviolentawfulviciousruthlessrelentlessbrutalironunfeelingatrociousbarbarianfierceheartlessabusivemeancontemptiblebloodymarbleinhumanbarbaricbestialbloodthirstyinclementinexpiable
adj. 残忍的;令人痛苦的
其他释义
kindmercifulpitifulhumanebenevolentbeneficentfriendlythoughtfulkindhearted