in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[oft it v-link ADJ to-inf]
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?
cruellyDouglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings.
道格拉斯经常被嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹整得很惨。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
...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。
cruellyHis life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making.
他的一生被一件原本与他无关的事残酷地毁了。