cruel

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基本釋義

adj.
殘酷的; 引起痛苦的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Her father's death was a cruel blow .

父親去世對(duì)她是一大打擊。

牛津詞典

The dog had been cruelly treated.

那條狗一直受虐待。

牛津詞典

I was cruelly deceived.

我被騙得慘透了。

牛津詞典

a cruel punishment/joke

殘酷的懲罰;挖苦人的笑話

牛津詞典

a cruel dictator

殘暴的獨(dú)裁者

牛津詞典

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

我無(wú)法容忍虐待動(dòng)物的人。

牛津詞典

Her eyes were cruel and hard.

她目光冷酷。

牛津詞典

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) .

有時(shí)候?yàn)榱四橙撕媚憔偷脤?duì)他狠。

牛津詞典

Children can be so cruel...

孩子有時(shí)可能會(huì)相當(dāng)殘忍。

Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?

你不認(rèn)為把動(dòng)物關(guān)進(jìn)籠里太殘忍了嗎?

...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...

在一個(gè)難以應(yīng)付的殘酷世界里拼命求生

By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.

十分殘酷而且極具諷刺意味的是,他的馬在賽場(chǎng)的平地上摔倒了。

He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.

他反抗虐待.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他們是一個(gè)殘忍惡作劇的受害者.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

母親對(duì)孩子殘忍是不近人情的.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.

殘暴的奴隸主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隸.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.

那殘忍的船長(zhǎng)鞭打不服從命令的水手.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.

他不會(huì)做出這么殘忍的事.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.

殘酷的主人鞭打他的奴隸.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

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

用鞭子懲罰孩子是殘酷的.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.

他們虐待犯人的做法令人厭惡.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.

那個(gè)狠心的男人舍棄了妻小.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.

公司前經(jīng)理怨嘆命運(yùn)對(duì)他太殘酷.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Don't kick the cat out like that, it's cruel; lift it out gently.

別那樣往外踢貓, 太殘忍了, 要輕輕地把貓放到屋外.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

It is cruel of him to make the donkey carry such a heavy load.

他真心狠,讓驢馱這么重的東西.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

把貓淹死在河里是殘忍的.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

真題例句

That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

這些形容詞都有"殘忍的,野蠻的"之意。

  • cruel: 一般用詞,指行動(dòng)或態(tài)度的殘忍。
  • brutal: 指極端的殘忍,強(qiáng)調(diào)無(wú)情或缺乏同情心,含不擇手段的意味。
  • inhuman: 著重缺乏同情心、仁愛(ài)等人類特有的良好的品質(zhì)。
  • savage: 指缺乏文明人應(yīng)有的教養(yǎng),尤指在動(dòng)怒或沖動(dòng)時(shí)表現(xiàn)出的粗野蠻橫,含野蠻意味。
  • barbarous: 專指只有原始或未開(kāi)化的人才會(huì)有的殘忍行為。
  • fierce: 指天性兇惡,令人害怕。
  • ruthless與cruel同義。強(qiáng)調(diào)為達(dá)到目的,對(duì)別人的痛苦毫無(wú)憐憫之心。

同義詞

反義詞

adj.殘忍的;令人痛苦的

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