cruel
英 [krʊəl]
美['kruəl]
- adj. 残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的
词态变化
比较级: crueller;最高级: cruellest;副词: cruelly;
助记提示
1. 谐音“酷吏哦，酷戮哦”-----残酷地杀戮哦。
2. 谐音“酷奴哦”-----残酷地奴役哦。
3. 谐音“可戮哦、渴戮哦”-----渴望杀戮哦。
2. 谐音“酷奴哦”-----残酷地奴役哦。
3. 谐音“可戮哦、渴戮哦”-----渴望杀戮哦。
中文词源
cruel 残酷的
来自crude，粗糙的。
英英释意
- 1. lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
- 2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
- "a barbarous crime"
- "brutal beatings"
- "cruel tortures"
- "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
- "a savage slap"
- "vicious kicks"
- 3. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain;
- "brutal instruments of torture"
- "cruel weapons of war"
- 4. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering;
- "brutal weather"
- "northern winters can be cruel"
- "a cruel world"
- "a harsh climate"
- "a rigorous climate"
- "unkind winters"
英文词源
- cruel
- cruel: [13] Aptly, cruelty and crudeness are closely linked etymologically. Cruel comes via Old French cruel from Latin crūdēlis, a relative of Latin crūdus (which actually meant ‘cruel’ as well as ‘raw’ and ‘bloody’). Both come ultimately from an Indo-European base which also produced English raw, Greek kréas ‘flesh’ (whence English creosote and pancreas), and Old Slavic kruvi ‘blood’. (Crude is a 14thcentury borrowing direct from Latin.)
=> creosote, crude, pancreas, raw - cruel (adj.)
- early 13c., from Old French cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from Latin crudelis "rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to crudus "rough, raw, bloody" (see crude). Related: Cruelly. Latin medial -d- began to disappear 10c. in French: compare chance/cadentia, cheoir/cadere, joyeux/gaudiosus, juif/judaeus, moyen/medianus, obéir/obedire, séance/sedentia.
同义词辨析
cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless
这些形容词都有"残忍的，野蛮的"之意。
cruel： 一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。
brutal： 指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。
inhuman： 着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
savage： 指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。
barbarous： 专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
fierce： 指天性凶恶，令人害怕。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
考试真题
- That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.
2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
词组搭配
be cruel to be kind
act towards someone in a way which seems harsh but will ultimately be of benefit to them
（最终使其受益的）严格对待某人
实用场景例句
- Her father's death was a cruel blow .
- 父亲去世对她是一大打击。
牛津词典
- The dog had been cruelly treated.
- 那条狗一直受虐待。
牛津词典
- I was cruelly deceived.
- 我被骗得惨透了。
牛津词典
- a cruel punishment/joke
- 残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话
牛津词典
- a cruel dictator
- 残暴的独裁者
牛津词典
- I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
- 我无法容忍虐待动物的人。
牛津词典
- Her eyes were cruel and hard.
- 她目光冷酷。
牛津词典
- Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind (= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) .
- 有时候为了某人好你就得对他狠。
牛津词典
- Children can be so cruel...
- 孩子有时可能会相当残忍。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?
- 你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...
- 在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.
- 十分残酷而且极具讽刺意味的是，他的马在赛场的平地上摔倒了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.
- 他反抗虐待.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
- 他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.
《简明英汉词典》
- A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.
- 母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.
- 残暴的奴隶主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隶.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
- 那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.
- 他不会做出这么残忍的事.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.
- 残酷的主人鞭打他的奴隶.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.
- 用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.
- 他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.
- 那个狠心的男人舍弃了妻小.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.
- 公司前经理怨叹命运对他太残酷.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't kick the cat out like that, it's cruel; lift it out gently.
- 别那样往外踢猫, 太残忍了, 要轻轻地把猫放到屋外.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is cruel of him to make the donkey carry such a heavy load.
- 他真心狠,让驴驮这么重的东西.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.
- 把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.
《简明英汉词典》