cruel

[kru:əl]
  • 释义
  • 残酷的,残忍的;使人痛苦的,让人受难的;无情的,严酷的;

  • 词义辨析
  • cruel, brutal
  • 这两个词的意思都是“残忍的”,它们的区别仅在于程度上。后者表示“极度残酷”,语义比前者强得多。例如:
    Murder is a brutal crime.谋杀是极残忍的罪行。
  • cruel,brutal,inhuman,savage,barbarous,fierce,ruthless
  • 这些形容词都有“残忍的”,“野蛮的”之意。
    cruel一般用词,指行动或态度的残忍。
    brutal指极端的残忍,强调无情或缺乏同情心,含不择手段的意味。
    inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
    savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养,尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横,含野蛮意味。
    barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
    fierce指天性凶恶,令人害怕。
    ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的,对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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。

    柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.

    一番严厉斥责之后,他把那女孩赶出了团队。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 3、

    Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.

    动物权利保护者指出动物园实际上是动物的牢笼,经常很残酷地对待动物。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    He did not think he was any more cruel, any more vengeful than other men.

    他认为自己并不比其他人更冷酷,也不比别人更爱报复。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 6、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 7、

    The wind was not as sharp and cruel as it had been.

    风不像刚才那么凛冽和凶猛了。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

    他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.

    母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.

    残暴的奴隶主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隶.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.

    他不会做出这么残忍的事.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.

    用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 13、

    Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.

    他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.

    公司前经理怨叹命运对他太残酷.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 15、

    Don't kick the cat out like that, it's cruel; lift it out gently.

    别那样往外踢猫, 太残忍了, 要轻轻地把猫放到屋外.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 16、

    It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

    把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 17、

    I overheard some cruel remarks about my husband.

    我无意中听到一些议论我丈夫的粗鲁话.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 18、

    The cruel man lashed the horse with his whip.

    那个粗暴的人用鞭子抽马.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    He deserves to swing for that cruel murder.

    他犯下残酷的杀人罪,理应被绞死.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 20、

    I had to be cruel to be kind and warn him that he'd lose his job if he didn't improve his performance.

    我只得忠言逆耳地警告他,如果他的表现不改进的话,他会失业的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 21、

    He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.

    他反抗虐待.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 22、

    The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.

    那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 23、

    The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.

    残酷的主人鞭打他的奴隶.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 24、

    The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.

    那个狠心的男人舍弃了妻小.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 25、

    It is cruel of him to make the donkey carry such a heavy load.

    他真心狠,让驴驮这么重的东西.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 26、

    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.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 27、

    The cruel landlord would bate him no rent.

    那个狠心的地主不肯给他减租.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》