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单词 cruel
释义
cruel
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adj

Someone or something that inflicts pain or causes suffering can be described as cruel. It would be cruel of you to offer chocolate to someone on a diet.
High school can be cruel sometimes: cruel teachers, who seem to organize to all pile on the papers and tests for the same day; cruel students, who are mean to each other; and even cruel cafeteria workers, who create disgusting concoctions out of mystery meat. Through its Latin ancestors — crudelis "rude and unfeeling" and crudus "raw or rude" — cruel is related to the English word crude, meaning rude or not fully formed.
WORD FAMILY
cruel: crueler, cruelest, cruelly, cruelness
USAGE EXAMPLES
“Torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment is never a morally permissible option, even if lives depend on gaining information,” the manual said.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The team’s infamous “tuck rule” playoff loss to the Patriots 15 years ago seems so less cruel and unusual when comparing season-impaling events.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
When his top-flight debut finally arrived, at home to Atalanta on 18 September, one more cruel twist lay in store.
The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)
adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
cruel tortures
Syn
barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
inhumane
reflecting lack of pity or compassion
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