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  • cruel

    高中/CET4/CET6

    • 英 [ˈkruːəl]
    • 美 [ˈkruːəl]

    释义

    • 常用
    • 高考讲解
    • adj.
      残酷的; 引起痛苦的

    大小写变形:CRUEL

  • 词态变化

    • 比较级: crueller;
    • 最高级: cruellest;
    • 副词: cruelly;
  • 实用场景例句

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    • 残酷的
    • 残忍的
    • 无情的
    • 严酷的

    Children's inherent naivety fails to stop them from acting in cruel ways.

    孩子们与生俱来的天真并不能阻止他们以残忍的方式行事。

    金山词霸

    Locking a creature in a cage is undeniably cruel, isn't it?

    将生物关在笼子里无疑是残忍的,不是吗?

    金山词霸

    Struggling desperately in a cruel reality that suffocates their spirit

    在扼杀灵魂的残酷现实中绝望挣扎

    金山词霸

    With cruel irony, his horse gave out on the straight section of the track.

    带着残酷的讽刺,他的马在赛道的笔直部分倒下了。

    金山词霸

    Sometimes parents have to be cruel to be kind when disciplining their children.

    有时候父母管教孩子时不得不狠心为了他们好。

    金山词霸

    His smile was cruel and mocking.

    他的笑容残忍而嘲弄。

    金山词霸

    He can't bear bosses who are cruel to employees.

    他无法忍受对员工刻薄的老板。

    金山词霸

    a cruel tyrant

    残忍的暴君

    金山词霸

    She gave me a cruel smile before leaving.

    她离开前给了我一个残忍的微笑。

    金山词霸

    The child was cruelly punished for a small mistake.

    那个孩子因为一个小错误而受到了残酷的惩罚。

    金山词霸

    The sudden loss of her job was a cruel twist of fate.

    突然失去工作对她来说是命运残酷的捉弄。

    金山词霸

    He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.

    他反抗虐待.

    《现代英汉综合大词典》

    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》

    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》

    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》

    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》

    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》

    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》

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  • 真题例句

    • 全部
    • 六级
    • 高考

    That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文

    Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.

    2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

    People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

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  • 英英释义

    Adjective

    • 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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  • 词组搭配

    be cruel to be kind

    act towards someone in a way which seems harsh but will ultimately be of benefit to them

    (最终使其受益的)严格对待某人

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  • 词根词缀

    词根: cru

    1. 表示"粗野,残酷"; 2. =cross,表示"十字形,交叉"

    • adj.

      cruel 残酷的, 悲惨的, 使痛苦的

      cru粗野,残酷+el→adj.残酷的, 悲惨的, 使痛苦的

    • n.

      cruelty 残忍, 残酷

      cruel残酷的+ty表名词→n.残忍, 残酷

      cruise 乘船巡游

      cru十字形,交叉+ise表名词→n.乘船巡游

      cruiser 巡洋舰;有船舱的游艇

      cruise[v.巡航;以节省燃料的速度前进]+er表名词→n.巡洋舰;有船舱的游艇

  • 同义词辨析

    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。
  • 同义词

    adj.残忍的,残酷的

    meantruculentferociousheartlessbrutalruthless

    其他释义

    harshsavagestonyforbiddingunkindviolentawfulviciousruthlessrelentlessbrutalironunfeelingatrociousbarbarianfierceheartlessabusivemeancontemptiblebloodymarbleinhumanbarbaricbestialbloodthirstyinclementinexpiable

  • 反义词

    adj.残忍的;令人痛苦的

    kindhumanepitiful

    其他释义

    kindmercifulpitifulhumanebenevolentbeneficentfriendlythoughtfulkindhearted

  • 行业词典

    • 法律

      残酷