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cruel adj.残酷的；残忍的；引起痛苦的 (1) 封建贵族对人民很残酷。(2) 那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主。(3) 女儿的死对他们是一个残酷的打击。(4) 他是个残忍的杀手。(5) 我们不应该对动物残忍。(6) 在神话故事中，魔鬼很残忍而且吃人。(7) 他那无情的话太伤我的心了。 High school can be cruel sometimes: cruel teachers, who seem to organize to all pile on the papers and tests for the same day; cruel students, who are mean to each other; and even cruel cafeteria workers, who create disgusting concoctions out of mystery meat. Through its Latin ancestors — crudelis "rude and unfeeling" and crudus "raw or rude" — cruel is related to the English word crude, meaning rude or not fully formed.

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英 ['kruːəl] 美 ['kruːəl] (1) The feudal barons were cruel to the people.(2) That emperor was a cruel despot.(3) The death of their daughter was a cruel blow.(4) He is a cruel assassin.(5) We shouldn't be cruel to animals.(6) In fairy stories, the ogre is cruel and eats people.(7) His cruel remarks cut me deeply. Someone or something that inflicts pain or causes suffering can be described as cruel. It would be cruel of you to offer chocolate to someone on a diet. in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest1[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。2[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。

英语单词	cruel
英美音标	英 ['kruːəl] 美 ['kruːəl]
中文释义	adj.残酷的；残忍的；引起痛苦的
英语例句	(1) The feudal barons were cruel to the people. (2) That emperor was a cruel despot. (3) The death of their daughter was a cruel blow. (4) He is a cruel assassin. (5) We shouldn't be cruel to animals. (6) In fairy stories, the ogre is cruel and eats people. (7) His cruel remarks cut me deeply.
中文例句	(1) 封建贵族对人民很残酷。 (2) 那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主。 (3) 女儿的死对他们是一个残酷的打击。 (4) 他是个残忍的杀手。 (5) 我们不应该对动物残忍。 (6) 在神话故事中，魔鬼很残忍而且吃人。 (7) 他那无情的话太伤我的心了。
vocabulary简明	Someone or something that inflicts pain or causes suffering can be described as cruel. It would be cruel of you to offer chocolate to someone on a diet.
vocabulary扩展	High school can be cruel sometimes: cruel teachers, who seem to organize to all pile on the papers and tests for the same day; cruel students, who are mean to each other; and even cruel cafeteria workers, who create disgusting concoctions out of mystery meat. Through its Latin ancestors — crudelis "rude and unfeeling" and crudus "raw or rude" — cruel is related to the English word crude, meaning rude or not fully formed.
柯林斯解释	in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest 1 [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？ cruelly Douglas 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。 2 [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。 cruelly His 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。

Cruel People Animals Pain Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Cruelly Ly