cruel

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a. 残酷的, 令人极痛苦的 [法] 残忍的, 残酷的

发音

US /ˈkɹuːəl/
AU /ˈkɹuːəl/
其它 /kɹuːl/
IE /ˈkɹʉul/

词形变化

cruels 复数 cruelled cruelling cruels 三单 crueling 现在分词 cruelling 现在分词 crueled 过去式 crueled 过去分词 cruelled 过去式 cruelled 过去分词 crueler 比较级 crueler cruelest crueller cruellest crueller 比较级 more cruel 比较级 cruelest 最高级 cruellest 最高级 most cruel 最高级

别名

cruell crool

教材释义与例句

形容词

残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的

making someone suffer or feel unhappy

His death was a cruel blow .

他的死是个无情的打击。

Sometimes life seems unbearably cruel.

有时候生活残酷得让人无法承受。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of crewel.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

    澳大利亚 新西兰
  2. 2.

    To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.

    澳大利亚 及物/不及物
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

    残忍

    残酷

    狠心

    横逆

    The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.

  2. 2.

    Harsh; severe.

    We're certainly having quite a cruel winter this year.

  3. 3.

    Cool; awesome; neat.

    俚语
adv.
  1. 1.

    To a great degree; terribly.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

fell brutal vicious savage barbarous roughshod

近义相关 1

inhumane

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English cruel, borrowed from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis (“hard, severe, cruel”), akin to crūdus (“raw, crude”); see crude.

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