cruel
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 殘忍的
Children can be so cruel. 孩子也會這麼殘忍。
2. cruellyADV 殘忍地[ADV with v]
Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings. 道格拉斯過去常遭到嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹們的殘忍折磨。
3. ADJ A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. 嚴(yán)酷的
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope. …在一個他們不能承受的嚴(yán)酷世界中掙紥著求生。
4. cruellyADV 嚴(yán)酷地
His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making. 他的生活由於一個非他自身因素造成的事件被無情地破壞了。
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cruel /?kru??l/ (crueller,cruellest)
劍橋詞典
- 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 .
殘忍的；殘酷的；刻毒傷人的
Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel. 別拿他的躰重開玩笑——這樣太刻薄了。
Children can be very cruel to each other. 小孩相互之間會很殘忍。
causing suffering
令人痛苦的
His death was a cruel blow . 他的死是個無情的打擊。
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in a cruel way
殘酷地；殘忍地