| 单词 | cruel |
| 释义 | cruelcruelercruellercruelestcruellestcruelcruel /ˈkruːəl/ adjective hurting people or animals or making them suffer OPP kindcruel toPeople who are cruel to animals make me mad.beanimal 虐待动物的人让我气愤。His death was a cruel blow (=it affected someone very badly).be他的死是个无情的打击。—cruellycruelly adverb: She was treated very cruelly.betreat她受到非常残酷的对待。THESAURUS: cruelcruel deliberately hurting people or animals or making them suffer: Children can be very cruel to each other.childThe prisoners were treated in a cruel way.prisonerbetreatShe was very frightened of her cruel husband.befrightenYou shouldn’t be cruel to animals.animalheartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people: a cold heartless killerHow can you be so heartless?the heartless treatment of the poor in Victorian Englandvicious very violent and cruel, especially by suddenly attacking someone: a vicious attack on an old manSome dogs can be vicious.dogbrutal very cruel and violent, and without normal human feelings: a brutal dictatora brutal murderThere were brutal attacks on peaceful demonstrations by government troops.beattackdemonstrationtroopbarbaric extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: The bombing was a barbaric act.bombbeHunting is a barbaric sport.huntbeIn the Middle Ages they used barbaric punishments.ageusepunishment |
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