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cruel的中文翻譯是什麼意思

cruel

US/ˈkruːəl/
UK/ˈkruːəl/

adj. 殘酷的; 引起痛苦的

cruel的柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED殘酷的;冷酷的;殘忍的;殘暴的

Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.

  • Children can be so cruel...

    孩子有時可能會相當殘忍。

  • Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?

    你不認為把動物關進籠裡太殘忍了嗎？

ADJ-GRADED(處境或事件)引起痛苦的，殘酷的

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...

    在一個難以應付的殘酷世界裡拼命求生

  • By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.

    十分殘酷而且極具諷刺意味的是，他的馬在賽場的平地上摔倒了。

cruel的英文釋義

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

    cruel的同義詞辨析

    cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

    這些形容詞都有"殘忍的，野蠻的"之意。

    • cruel ： 一般用詞，指行動或態度的殘忍。
    • brutal ： 指極端的殘忍，強調無情或缺乏同情心，含不擇手段的意味。
    • inhuman ： 著重缺乏同情心、仁愛等人類特有的良好的品質。
    • savage ： 指缺乏文明人應有的教養，尤指在動怒或衝動時表現出的粗野蠻橫，含野蠻意味。
    • barbarous ： 專指只有原始或未開化的人才會有的殘忍行為。
    • fierce ： 指天性兇惡，令人害怕。
    • ruthless與cruel同義。強調為達到目的，對別人的痛苦毫無憐憫之心。

    cruel的短語

    1. be cruel to be kind

      （最終使其受益的）嚴格對待某人

    cruel的場景例句

    He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.

    他反抗虐待.

    They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

    他們是一個殘忍惡作劇的受害者.

    A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

    母親對孩子殘忍是不近人情的.

    The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.

    殘暴的奴隸主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隸.

    The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.

    那殘忍的船長鞭打不服從命令的水手.

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    cruel的詞性變形

    cruellercruellestcruelly

    cruel的近義詞

    adj. 殘忍的,殘酷的

    meantruculentferociousheartlessbrutalruthless

    其他釋義

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    cruel的反義詞

    adj. 殘忍的;令人痛苦的

    kindhumanepitiful

    其他釋義

    kindmercifulpitifulhumanebenevolentbeneficentfriendlythoughtfulkindhearted