cruel /ˈkruːəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( crueller, cruellest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 残忍的

  例：

  Children can be so cruel.

  孩子也会这么残忍。

• 2. 

  cruelly ADV 残忍地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings.

  道格拉斯过去常遭到嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹们的残忍折磨。

• 3. 

  ADJ A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. 严酷的

  例：

  ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope.

  …在一个他们不能承受的严酷世界中挣扎着求生。

• 4. 

  cruelly ADV 严酷地

  例：

  His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making.

  他的生活由于一个非他自身因素造成的事件被无情地破坏了。