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cruel

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adj.残酷的,悲惨的,使痛苦的

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副词:cruelly 形容词比较级:crueler/crueller 最高级:cruelest/cruellest

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cruel


/krʊəl; `kruəl/
adj (-ller, -llest)
1 (derog 贬) ~ (to sb/sth) (of people) making others suffer, esp intentionally (指人)残暴的, 残忍的, 残酷的
*a cruel boss, master, dictator, etc 残暴的老板、主人、独裁者等
* people oppressed by a cruel tyranny 受残酷暴政压制的人们
* Don't be cruel to animals. 不要虐待动物.
2 causing pain or suffering 使人痛苦的; 让人受难的
*a cruel blow, punishment, disease 叫人吃不消的打击、惩罚、疾病
* cruel (ie bad) luck 恶运
* War is cruel. 战争是残酷无情的.

cruel


adj
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin crudelis, from crudus; CRUDE1]
making someone suffer or feel unhappy
 His death was a cruel blow .
 Sometimes life seems unbearably cruel.
deliberately hurting people or animals
kind
 The prisoner was a hard, cruel man.
 cruel jokes about mothers-in-law
 It was a cruel, tactless thing to say.
cruel to
 She was often cruel to her sister.
be cruel to be kind
to do something to someone that will make them upset or unhappy in order to help them in another way
>cruellyadv
 He was cruelly neglected by his parents.
1. The cruel man half starved his horses.
    那残忍的人使他的马饿得半死。

2. Her father remarried and the stepmother was cruel to Aqiao and her brother.
    她父亲又娶了个老婆.她的后母对她和她兄弟很残忍.

3. He went to Shylock, a cruel moneylender, who hated him, because he had often publicly scolded him for his greed.
    他去找残忍的放债人夏洛克,此人恨他,因为他常常当众斥骂他贪婪。

4. His stepmother was cruel to him.
    他的继母对他很凶残.

5. "That's idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages."
    "那是一种理想主义的想法。人们对异族通婚生下的孩子是会很残酷的。"

6. "Wicked, cruel boy!" I said.
    “你这个狠毒的坏蛋!”我说,

7. I despise people who are cruel to children.
    我鄙视那些虐待儿童的人。

8. If they did not pay those cruel taxes, they were thrown into prison.
    如果人们付不出这些苛捐杂税,就会被投入监狱。

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