我只能假设，这样可以是新娘对残酷的婚姻现实做好准备。
I can only assume this gets the bride ready for the brutal reality of marriage.
第一场比赛的失败对他们来说是一个残酷的打击。
但是我担心，我们从来就没有满足过他们，因为他们对我们十分残酷。
But I am afraid that we never give them quite enough, for they are very harsh to us.
但是我担心，我们从来就没有满足过他们，因为他们对我们十分残酷。
But I am afraid that we never give them quite enough for they are very harsh to us.
对所有这一切来说，还有一个残酷的反讽。
这是对甘地最残酷的打击。
对许多奢侈品公司而言，这场危机所带来的影响是残酷的。
For some luxury firms, the recession’s effects have already been brutal.
以上问题对孩子们而言尤为残酷。
只要人类对动物残酷，他们必然彼此残忍。
As long as humans are cruel to animals, they will be cruel to each other.
感觉这里的grim该当“残酷的”讲，也就是说这是对自由的一种残酷的字面释义，这里的literalization该当“字面释义”讲。
Being drunk became for Crane a kind of grim literalization of the freedom
对汽车制造商而言，这个事实很残酷，但他们似乎得到的讯息。
As harsh as that fact is for automakers, they seem to have gotten the message.
许多年前，她曾经对某人态度残酷，却从未承认自己的行为。
Years ago, she had been cruel to someone and had never acknowledged her actions.
对任何人来说这绝对是个最残酷的牺牲，但确实很多人这样做了。
It's the biggest sacrifice that anybody could make; but it was made by many.
但是，对大多数CEO来说真实的生活很残酷，而且很多CEO并不喜欢这样。
However, real life for most CEOs is tough and many are not enjoying it.
对印度来说，产生的影响是残酷的。
所取得的发现对“大自然是残酷和无情的”的古训提出了疑问。
Findings question the old adage of "nature red in tooth and claw".
从专业上说，去年一年对你来说是残酷的还是美好的呢？
Was last year cruel or kind to you, professionally speaking?
她怎么可以这样残酷的对他？
他说的那些残酷无情的话对她就像刀割一样。
让他们被放逐在那残酷的空间之中吧，他对自己说。
Let them be marooned in that cruel void, he said to himself.
女儿的死对他们是一个残酷的打击。
这种方法不仅残酷，而且对环境有害。
This method is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment.
阿巧的继母对她和她弟弟很残酷。
人们对异族通婚生下的孩子是会很残酷的。
People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.
这是对他们太残酷了。
请你记得你一定要幸福，这才值得我对自己残酷。
Please remember that you must certainly be happy, this just is worth I cruel.
这不但残酷的而且对…有害环境没有鳍鲨鱼不再。
这种方法不仅残酷，而且对环境也有害。
The method is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment.
这种方法不仅残酷，而且对环境也有害。
The method is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment.
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