cruel
adjective uk/ˈkruː.əl/ us/ˈkruː.əl/ crueller | cruellest or crueler | cruelest
B1 残忍的;残酷的;刻毒伤人的
extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally
Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel. 别拿他的体重开玩笑——这样太刻薄了。
Children can be very cruel to each other. 小孩相互之间会很残忍。
令人痛苦的
causing suffering
His death was a cruel blow. 他的死是个无情的打击。
- More examples
- It's so cruel to keep a pony chained up like that all the time.
- Can't you see that you're really frightening your little brother? Don't be so cruel.
- We appear to have been the victims of a cruel practical joke.
- Fate played a cruel trick on him when he was badly injured in his first international game.
- Keeping animals in these conditions is unbelievably cruel - the farmer ought to be prosecuted.
cruelly
adverb uk/ˈkruː.ə.li/ us/ˈkruː.ə.li/
B2 残酷地；残忍地
in a cruel way
Idiom
be cruel to be kindidiom 虽让人痛苦却有所帮助；忠言逆耳，良药苦口
to do or say something that causes someone pain because you believe that it will help them