cruel
adj. 残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的
adj.
残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的；
双语释义
adj.(形容词)残酷的,残忍的 making others suffer, especially intentionally
使人痛苦的,让人受难的 causing pain or suffering
英英释义
cruel[ 英 ['kru:əl] 美 [ˈkruəl] ]
adj.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"cruel tortures"
同义词：barbarousbrutalfellroughshodsavagevicious
(of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
"cruel weapons of war"
同义词：brutal
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
cruel act残忍的行为
cruel animal凶猛的动物
cruel blow残忍的打击
cruel criticism残酷的批评
cruel disease痛苦的疾病
cruel enemy残忍的敌人
cruel fate残酷的命运
cruel master残酷的主人
cruel parents残忍的父母
cruel punishment酷刑
cruel sight悲惨的景象
cruel torment痛苦的折磨
cruel treatment残忍的待遇
cruel war残酷的战争
～+介词
cruel to the children对儿童残忍
cruel to the poor对穷人残忍
词组短语
extremely cruel极其残忍；惨绝人寰
同近义词辨析
brutal, ruthless, savage, fierce, inhuman, barbarous, cruel这组词都有“残忍的”的意思，其区别是：
brutal指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。
fierce指天性凶恶，令人害怕。
inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
cruel一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The feudal barons were cruel to the people.
封建贵族对人民很残酷。
That emperor was a cruel despot.
那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主。
The death of their daughter was a cruel blow.
女儿的死对他们是一个残酷的打击。
He is a cruel assassin.
他是个残忍的杀手。
We shouldn't be cruel to animals.
我们不应该对动物残忍。
In fairy stories, the ogre is cruel and eats people.
在神话故事中，魔鬼很残忍而且吃人。
His cruel remarks cut me deeply.
他那无情的话太伤我的心了。
权威例句
Cruel OptimismBrilliant but cruel: Perceptions of negative evaluators ☆
Reexamining the cruel and unusual punishment of prison life
The Cruel Choice: A New Concept in the Theory of Development / D. Goulet
Fully informed consent can be needlessly cruel.
'Kids are just cruel anyway': lesbian and gay parents' talk about homophobic bullying.
Torture vs other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment: Is the distinction real or apparent?
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Cruel intentions on television and in real life: can viewing indirect aggression increase viewers' subsequent indirect aggression?
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cruel: [13] Aptly, cruelty and crudeness are closely linked etymologically. Cruel comes via Old French cruel from Latin crūdēlis, a relative of Latin crūdus (which actually meant ‘cruel’ as well as ‘raw’ and ‘bloody’). Both come ultimately from an Indo-European base which also produced English raw, Greek kréas ‘flesh’ (whence English creosote and pancreas), and Old Slavic kruvi ‘blood’. (Crude is a 14thcentury borrowing direct from Latin.)=> creosote, crude, pancreas, raw
cruel (adj.)
early 13c., from Old French cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from Latin crudelis "rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to crudus "rough, raw, bloody" (see crude). Related: Cruelly. Latin medial -d- began to disappear 10c. in French: compare chance/cadentia, cheoir/cadere, joyeux/gaudiosus, juif/judaeus, moyen/medianus, obéir/obedire, séance/sedentia.
1. He was a cruel and vicious man.
他是一个残忍而凶恶的人。
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2. Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷。
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3. Children can be so cruel.
孩子也会这么残忍。
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4. This is a little cruel, but there you go.
这是有点儿残忍，但也没办法。
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5. It is plainly cruel to keep turtles as pets.
把海龟当宠物养显然是残忍的。
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6. The whole episode had been a cruel deception.
整个经历都是残酷的骗局。
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7. It saddened her that people could be so cruel.
人竟能如此残忍，这让她痛心。
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8. It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces.
把动物关在狭小的空间里是残酷的。
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9. He used a phrase I hate: "You have to be cruel to be kind."
他用了一句我讨厌的习语：“要想善良，就得残忍。”
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10. The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions.
被拘留者经常被羁押在既残酷又不人道的环境里。
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11. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners from bending their legs.
这些残酷的刑具是设计来限制犯人弯腿的。
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12. No, no, they would not be so cruel!
不，不，他们不会这么残忍！
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13. It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.
取笑瘸子是残忍的。
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14. It was a shameful thing and a cruel!
这是一件可耻的、残忍的事！
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15. No animal escapes the cruel knife in the end.
没有动物最终能逃过那残忍的屠刀。
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16. I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
我无法容忍对动物残忍的人。
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17. Parents are sometimes cruel to their children.
父母有时会对孩子很残忍。
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18. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.
这位父亲对他的儿子既不仁慈也不残忍。
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19. The loss of the first game was a cruel blow for them.
第一场比赛的失败对他们来说是一个残酷的打击。
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20. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment.
这不仅残忍，而且对环境有害。
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21. It's extremely cruel to perform an experiment on live animals.
对动物活体进行实验是一件极其残忍的事情。
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22. Our poor lost boy restored to our arms after all these cruel years!
经过这么多年的残酷岁月，我们可怜的迷路孩子又回到了我们的怀抱！
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23. Geppetto, no doubt, will beat him unmercifully, he is so mean and cruel!
毫无疑问，杰佩托会毫不留情地揍他的，他太卑鄙、太残忍了！
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24. People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.
人们通常认为说闲话的人是无恶意的，但是残忍的谎言会给别人带来痛苦。
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25. So cruel is the man that he never shows any mercy to whoever is against his opinion.
那个人是如此残忍，无论谁反对他的意见，他都不会手下留情。
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26. "There," cried the sparrow, "thou cruel villain, thou hast killed my friend the dog."
“喂，”麻雀叫道，“你这个残忍的坏蛋，你把我的狗朋友杀了。”
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27. As a zoology professor, I agree with Emma Marris that zoo displays can be sad and cruel.
作为一名动物学教授，我同意艾玛·马里斯的观点，即动物园的展览可能是悲剧的、残忍的。
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28. His cruel remarks cut her deeply.
他那些无情的话深深地刺痛了她的心。
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29. Her father's death was a cruel blow.
父亲去世对她是一大打击。
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30. They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。
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