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🔑 cruelBrE /ˈkruːəl/NAmE /ˈkruːəl/ adjective (cruel·ler, cruel·lest) 🔑 ~ (to sb/sth) having a desire to cause pain and suffering 残酷的；冷酷的；残忍的；残暴的◆a cruel dictator 残暴的独裁者◆I can't stand people who are cruel to animals. 我无法容忍虐待动物的人。◆Her eyes were cruel and hard. 她目光冷酷逼人。◆Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later). 有时候为了某人好你就得对他狠。 OPP kind 🔑 causing pain or suffering 引起痛苦的◆a cruel punishment/joke 残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话◆Her father's death was a cruel blow. 父亲去世对她是一大打击。▸ cruel·ly BrE /ˈkruːəli/NAmE /ˈkruːəli/ adverb◆The dog had been cruelly treated. 那条狗受过虐待。◆I was cruelly deceived. 我被骗得惨透了。 |