| 单词 | cruel |
| 释义 | cruel (kruːəl ) Word forms: crueller , cruellest regional note: in AM, use crueler, cruelest 1. adjective B1+ Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. Children can be so cruel. Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up? cruelly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings. Synonyms: brutally, severely, savagely, viciously 2. adjective 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. By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course. cruelly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making. Synonyms: bitterly, deeply, severely, mortally Quotations: I must be cruel, only to be kindHamlet Collocations: cruel blow What a cruel blow for the traumatised relatives of the victims. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This cruel blow meant working very hard indeed. Whicker's War Losing right at the death was a cruel blow. The Sun (2008) He turned the cruellest blow in the world into a chance to do some real good. The Sun (2014) The cold snap is a cruel blow for all those flowers that came into bloom out of season earlier this winter. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Most chilling was the callous and cruel deception to create a fictitious hospital consultant. Times, Sunday Times Now that looks like a cruel deception. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are internet sites, of course, that help one to circumvent these cruel deceptions. Times, Sunday Times This cruel fate falls equally on rich and poor, young and old. Times, Sunday Times A donkey doesn't so much accept its cruel fate as bears it, lets it pass over them. Times, Sunday Times Songs of dubious origin rescued from cruel fate and now left wanting only to be cared for. Times, Sunday Times That would be an ironically cruel fate. The Sun We were feeling pleased with ourselves - always a treacherous sensation - when cruel fate confronted us with a less flattering idea of our function. The Times Literary Supplement One newspaper sounded a sceptical note about this and other reports of atrocities against civilians, calling for a government inquiry into this 'cruel hoax'. Times, Sunday Times We charitably presume it to be a very cruel hoax, to which system our solemn brother seems to be peculiarly subject. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He discovers he has become the victim of a cruel hoax. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a cruel prank to play. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It may have been a cruel prank to play on a hungry animal. The Sun (2013) I think if it was about playing a cruel prank it would be different. The Sun (2016) A buzz word was once a way of getting the message across but in the age of 24-hour news it's more like a cruel punishment. Times, Sunday Times However, sensible teachers at the school never use this cruel punishment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics also point to five point restraints as an instance of cruel punishment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She loved her jungle, the people and the animals and would often inflict cruel punishment on anyone who threatened any of them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She describes how she was 'chiselled away by cruel remarks'. Times, Sunday Times Another piece of me chiselled away by their cruel remarks and perceptions. The Sun Cruel remarks that were funny were fine, but malicious comments were seen as 'bad form'. Times, Sunday Times This poor soul has spent the past 15 years as a virtual recluse, frightened to go out in public because of the stares and cruel remarks about his appearance. The Sun Within four days they are on crutches and being discharged - a cruel reminder, as if one needed it, of the constant reproach of spinal injury. Times, Sunday Times But you can still read my column, which, though a cruel reminder of what you have lost, will nevertheless be some consolation. The Sun Further, it must be counted as only a cruel reminder of the gap in the field between aspiration and performance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hopes, the distances, the effort, the ingenuity, the imagination ... but also the cruel reminders of lost endeavour. Times, Sunday Times Our readers were shocked yesterday when we told of the four-yearold moggie's cruel treatment, so we showered her with treats. The Sun Ask her why she feels she needs him so much that she puts up with such cruel treatment. The Sun The film caused mild controversy due to its seemingly cruel treatment to the cats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their simple minds still remember the cruel treatment they received. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dusty was one who did not lose faith and never met the cruel treatment he received with anger. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Treatment was reported to be perfunctory or downright cruel. Times,Sunday Times One or two passages are downright cruel. Times, Sunday Times It would be laughable if it wasn't so downright cruel. The Sun They used her three-year-old daughter as a bargaining chip and that was unbelievably cruel. The Sun When she's satiated, she can be unbelievably cruel. Times, Sunday Times That would be unbelievably cruel and unfair. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 残忍的 Japanese: 残酷な |
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