cruel
英 [ˈkruːəl]
美 [ˈkruːəl]
adj. 残酷的; 冷酷的; 残忍的; 残暴的; 引起痛苦的
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同义词辨析
brutaladj. 野蛮的，残暴的
〔辨析〕
指极为残忍、暴力、野蛮的，强调没有同情心，含不择手段的意味。
〔例证〕
brutal killing/murder/rape
野蛮的杀害/谋杀/强奸
The brutal attack on defenseless children and women was strongly criticized.
对手无寸铁的妇女和儿童进行的野蛮攻击遭到了强烈谴责。
野蛮的杀害/谋杀/强奸
The brutal attack on defenseless children and women was strongly criticized.
对手无寸铁的妇女和儿童进行的野蛮攻击遭到了强烈谴责。
crueladj. 残忍的，残酷的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，主要指行为或态度残忍的。
〔例证〕
His cruel father nearly beat him to death.
残忍的父亲差点把他打死。
Fate dealt her a cruel blow.
命运给她以惨痛的打击。
He was criticized for his cruel acts.
他因行为残忍而受到谴责。
残忍的父亲差点把他打死。
Fate dealt her a cruel blow.
命运给她以惨痛的打击。
He was criticized for his cruel acts.
他因行为残忍而受到谴责。
ruthlessadj. 残忍的，冷酷的
〔辨析〕
指为了达到个人目的而对他人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心的。
〔例证〕
He is a ruthless adversary.
他是个冷酷无情的对手。
The dictator was ruthless in getting what he wanted.
那个独裁者为达目的不择手段，残酷无情。
他是个冷酷无情的对手。
The dictator was ruthless in getting what he wanted.
那个独裁者为达目的不择手段，残酷无情。
牛津词典
adj.
- 残酷的；冷酷的；残忍的；残暴的
having a desire to cause pain and suffering- a cruel dictator
残暴的独裁者 - I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
我无法容忍虐待动物的人。 - Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷。 - Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) .
有时候为了某人好你就得对他狠。
- a cruel dictator
- 引起痛苦的
causing pain or suffering- a cruel punishment/joke
残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话 - Her father's death was a cruel blow .
父亲去世对她是一大打击。
- a cruel punishment/joke
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
Someone who iscrueldeliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.- 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？
- Children can be so cruel...
- ADJ-GRADED (处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的
A situation or event that iscruelis 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。
- ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...
in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest
英英释义
adj
- (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
双语例句
- You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
你是一场相当残忍的骗局的受害者。 - He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。 - To modern eyes, such doctrines appear harsh, even cruel.
从现代的角度看，这样的教义显得苛刻，甚至残酷。 - The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions
被拘留者的关押环境常常恶劣严酷、很不人道。 - You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind
你可能不以为然，但我真的认为我狠下心来只是出于一片好意。 - He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。” - These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs
这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。 - How cruel he is!;
他的心肠真毒！ - Accounts of cruel tortures in the jails of the reactionary government would curl one's hair.
关于反动政府监狱里酷刑情况的介绍听了会叫人毛骨悚然。 - No doubt I'm biased, but it was the most cruel, evil human face I ever set eyes on
我固然是有偏见的，但那是我所见到的最残忍、最邪恶的人。