| 单词 | be cruel to be kind |
| 释义 | be cruel to be kindbe cruel to be kind HELPto do something to someone that will make them upset or unhappy in order to help them in another way 为了对某人好就得对他狠 Examples from the Corpus be cruel to be kind• George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind.• So now I've got to be cruel to be kind.• You have to be cruel to be kind.• You've got to be cruel to be kind, and dismantling the Dome would be the best solution for everybody. → be cruel to be kind at cruel(1) |
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