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adj. 残酷的；冷酷的
比较级：crueller
最高级：cruellest
副词：cruelly
cruel jokes about mothers-in-law
有关岳母的刻薄笑话
Sometimes life seems unbearably cruel.
有时候生活残酷得让人无法承受。
It was a cruel tactless thing to say.
这话说得刻毒了，很不得体。
His death was a cruel blow .
他的死是个无情的打击。
The prisoner was a hard cruel man.
这个囚犯残酷无情。
Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷。
extremely cruel
极其残忍；惨绝人寰
adj.残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的
iron
brutal
考纲分布
adj. 残忍的; 残暴的
考纲释义
真题例句
Poor Dick was a little bird, and the giant was a cruel boy.
可怜的迪克是一只小鸟，巨人是一个残暴的男孩。
[2021 泸州市卷 完形填空]
She saw a crowd of angry people shouting very cruel things at the gate.
她看到一群愤怒的人在门口大喊非常残暴的话。
[2021 潍坊市卷 阅读理解]
Everyone in our group loves animals, but he always seems cruel.
我们组的每个人都喜欢动物，但他似乎总是很残忍。
[2019 武汉卷 单项选择]
adj. 引起痛苦的; 残酷的
Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmisres, Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening, but they're also aspirational.
玛蒂尔达与她残忍的父母和专横的校长特兰布尔小姐之间的斗争同样是硝烟弥漫和可怕的，但他们也渴望成功。
[2019 全国卷2 阅读理解]
备考派生词
cruelty
n. 残忍；残酷；残暴；残酷（或残忍、残暴）行为；虐待
