cruelly
adverb uk/ˈkruː.ə.li/ us/ˈkruː.ə.li/
B2 残忍地;残酷地;刻毒伤人地
in an extremely unkind and unpleasant way
She was cruelly taunted by other kids. 她被其他孩子刻毒地嘲笑。
He was cruelly treated by his brothers, who sold him into slavery. 他被他的兄弟们残忍地对待，他们将他卖为奴隶。
B2 令人痛苦地
in a way that causes great suffering
The disaster has cruelly exposed the gap between his rhetoric and the reality. 灾难无情地暴露了他的言辞与现实的差距。
The effects of global warming promise to be cruelly ironic. 全球变暖的影响注定是非常具有讽刺意味的。
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- He and his family had had to suffer cruelly at the hands of the enemy.
- The housing authority was cruelly indifferent to its tenants.
- It is a tragedy that her life has been so cruelly cut short.