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。