in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest
1 ADJ-GRADED 残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的 Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
2 ADJ-GRADED (处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的 A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. (处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的
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...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope.
在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
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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。
Quotations
I must be cruel, only to be kind William Shakespeare Hamlet
| Thesaurus | cruel Also look up: |
| ADJ. | harsh, heartless, mean, nasty, unkind; (ant.) gentle, kind 1 grim, severe 2 |
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