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基本释义
  • a. 残忍的,残酷的
词形变化
  • 比较级：cru·el·er or cru·el·ler, cru·el·est or cru·el·lest
    名　词：cru'el·ness
    副　词：cru'el·ly
常用短语
    1. cruel and unusual punishment
      【法】 残酷惩罚
参考例句
    1. Gratuitously cruel;merciless.
      残酷的无缘无故地残忍的;冷酷无情的
    2. That emperor was a cruel despot.
      那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主。
    3. That big-bellied fellow was very greedy and cruel.
      那个大腹便便的家伙既贪婪又残忍。
    4. To coerce in an unsympathetic or cruel way.
      胁迫以不同情或残忍的方式胁迫
    5. He's cruel to me.
      他对我很残酷。
英英解释

  • 　2个形容词解释

    1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
      [同] cruel, fell, barbarous, brutal, roughshod, savage, vicious
      [例]
      • a barbarous crime
      • brutal beatings
      • cruel tortures
      • Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
      • a savage slap
      • vicious kicks
    2. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
      [同] cruel, brutal
      [例]
      • brutal instruments of torture
      • cruel weapons of war