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cruel

英 [krʊəl] 美['kruəl]
  • adj. 残酷的,残忍的;使人痛苦的,让人受难的;无情的,严酷的

英英释意


1. lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
3. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
"brutal instruments of torture"
"cruel weapons of war"
4. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
"brutal weather"
"northern winters can be cruel"
"a cruel world"
"a harsh climate"
"a rigorous climate"
"unkind winters"
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