cruel
cruel 英 [kru:əl] 美 [ˈkruəl]
adj. 残酷的，残忍的，无情的
比较级:crueller 最高级:cruellest
- Someone or something that inflicts pain or causes suffering can be described as cruel. It would be cruel of you to offer chocolate to someone on a diet.
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- adj. 残酷的，残忍的，无情的
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1. a cruel dictator
残暴的独裁者
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2. I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
我无法容忍虐待动物的人。
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3. Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷逼人。
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4. a cruel punishment，a cruel joke
残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话
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5. Her father's death was a cruel blow.
父亲去世对她是一大打击。
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6. The dog had been cruelly treated.
那条狗受过虐待。
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7. I was cruelly deceived.
我被骗得惨透了。
- cruel (adj.) early 13c., from Old French cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from Latin crudelis "rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to crudus "rough, raw, bloody" (see crude). Related: Cruelly. Latin medial -d- began to disappear 10c. in French: compare chance/cadentia, cheoir/cadere, joyeux/gaudiosus, juif/judaeus, moyen/medianus, obéir/obedire, séance/sedentia.
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