"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
1.残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
Someone who iscruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
e.g. Children can be socruel...
孩子有时可能会相当残忍。
e.g. Don't you think it'scruel to cage a creature up?
你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗?
2.(处境或事件)引起痛苦的,残酷的
A situation or event that iscruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
e.g. ...struggling to survive in acruel world with which they cannot cope...
在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
e.g. By acruel 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。
1. 残忍:艾伯特先生说,看了这个故事,美国观众一定会以为,这部电影相当残忍(cruel)和堕落(depraved). 沈宁的文章进而发挥道:在西方人看来,这种心理表现绝对无法理解,一个人怎么可能明知受骗却愿意继续合作?这个人的自尊和人格哪里去了?
2. 残忍的:sentimental#伤感的 |cruel#残忍的 | worried#忧心忡忡的