in AM, use 美國英語用 crueler, cruelest
1 ADJ-GRADED 殘酷的;冷酷的;殘忍的;殘暴的 Someone who is
cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
殘酷的;冷酷的;殘忍的;殘暴的 2 ADJ-GRADED (處境或事件)引起痛苦的,殘酷的 A situation or event that is
cruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
(處境或事件)引起痛苦的,殘酷的 -
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope.
在一個難以應付的殘酷世界裏拼命求生
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By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.
十分殘酷而且極具諷刺意味的是,他的馬在賽場的平地上摔倒了。
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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