cruel
cruel
英[ˈkruːəl]美[ˈkruːəl]
adj.残酷的，引起痛苦的；
比较级：crueller;
*高级：cruellest;
副词：cruelly;
例句
The whole nation was held down by the cruel rule of the king.整个国家处于国王的残酷统治的压制之下。
I overheard some cruel remarks about my husband.我无意中听到一些议论我丈夫的粗鲁话。
The long cruel winter came to an end at last, yielding to a gentle warm.漫长的严冬终于接近尾声，被柔和温暖的气候所取代。
It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的。
A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的。
At last the people rose up in arms and defeated the cruel rulers.人民终于武装起义推翻了残暴的统治者。
The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.残暴的奴隶主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隶。
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
Single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted, because their tenderness is not so oft called upon.那种独身的人，虽然在用起来似很慷慨，但实际上往往是心肠很硬的，因为他们不懂得对他人的爱。
a cruel fiend残暴的恶人
英语六级真题
That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
例句
Children can be so cruel...孩子有时可能会相当残忍。Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗？ADJ-GRADED
(处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的
A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
例句
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.十分残酷而且极具讽刺意味的是，他的马在赛场的平地上摔倒了。英汉词典释义
adj.
残酷的, 残忍的
The cruel boy threw stones at the frogs.那个残忍的男孩用石头投掷青蛙。使人痛苦的, 让人受难的
Fate dealt him a cruel blow.命运给他以惨痛的打击。The disappointment was cruel.失望是令人痛苦的。英英词典释义
Adjective
1. lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
"a barbarous crime""brutal beatings""cruel tortures""Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks""a savage slap""vicious kicks"3. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
"brutal instruments of torture""cruel weapons of war"4. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
"brutal weather""northern winters can be cruel""a cruel world""a harsh climate""a rigorous climate""unkind winters"行业词典
法律： 残酷；
