cruel

[US]/ˈkruːəl/
[UK]/ˈkruːəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 殘酷的, 殘忍的,使人受難的
Word Forms
最高級cruellest
比較級crueller

Phrases & Collocations

extremely cruel

極其殘忍;慘絕人寰

Example Sentences

in a cruel predicament

在痛苦的折磨中

the victim of a cruel hoax.

一場大騙局的受害者

He is cruel to animals.

他對動物很殘酷。

cruel and inhuman behavior.

殘暴的非人道行爲。

the girl had a cruel face.

這個女孩有一張殘忍的臉。

cruel or degrading treatment.

殘酷的或者可恥的待遇。

Tigers are cruel by nature.

老虎生性殘忍。

It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

把貓淹死在河裏是殘忍的。

a savage attack on a political rival.See Synonyms at cruel

冷酷無情地攻擊政敵參見 cruel

That crueled the experiment.

這(件事)破壞了試驗的成功。

Fate dealt him a cruel blow.

命運給他以慘痛的打擊。

Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.

不要那樣殘忍地鞭打你的馬。

It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.

用鞭子懲罰孩子是殘酷的。

Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.

他們虐待犯人的做法令人厭惡。

the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

憲法對殘酷與異常懲罰手段的禁止

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他們是一個殘忍惡作劇的受害者。

He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

他認爲把雲雀關在籠子裏太殘忍了。

A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

母親對孩子殘忍是不近人情的。

I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.

我受不了殘忍對待動物的人。

Real-world Examples

I was cruel, and I'm never cruel.

我當時很毒,這和我個性不合。

Source: Selected Electronic Love Letters

And some people are just inherently cruel.

有些人真的是非常殘酷。

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

His answer was brutal, cruel and inhumane.

他的答案很殘忍、殘酷,且沒人性。

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2018 Collection

Yet for one creature, that strategy seems almost cruel.

然而對於個體生物,求生策略至關重要。

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

Maybe you'd call it cruel but others would call it love, tough love!

或許你認爲這很殘酷,但是,有些人會稱這是愛,嚴厲的愛!

Source: Villains' Tea Party

" Fate is cruel, " he thought. " Fate is cruel to me."

“命運真殘酷,” 他想,“命運對我太殘酷了。”

Source: The Trumpet Swan

You have A cruel sense of humor.

你這幽默感還真刻毒。

Source: Ice Age 1 Highlights

Come home immediately, you cruel boy! '

趕緊回家,你這個沒良心的孩子!”

Source: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

The slow and agonizing method through which children are tortured and killed seems needlessly cruel.

用這種緩慢而痛苦的方法折磨和殺害兒童似乎是不必要的殘忍。

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

It's the way of surviving in this cruel cruel world that she finds herself in.

這是她在這個殘酷的世界中生存的方式。

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

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