Matilda's battles with hercruel 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。
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副词::cruelly
比较级::crueler/crueller
最高级::cruelest/cruellest
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
1.残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
Someone who iscruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
e.g. Children can be socruel...
孩子有时可能会相当残忍。
e.g. Don't you think it'scruel to cage a creature up?
你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗？
2.(处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的
A situation or event that iscruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
e.g. ...struggling to survive in acruel world with which they cannot cope...
在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
e.g. By acruel 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。
1. 残忍：艾伯特先生说,看了这个故事,美国观众一定会以为,这部电影相当残忍(cruel)和堕落(depraved). 沈宁的文章进而发挥道:在西方人看来,这种心理表现绝对无法理解,一个人怎么可能明知受骗却愿意继续合作?这个人的自尊和人格哪里去了?
2. 残忍的：sentimental#伤感的 |cruel#残忍的 | worried#忧心忡忡的
父亲去世对她是一大打击。
The dog had been cruelly treated.那条狗一直受虐待。
I was cruelly deceived.我被骗得惨透了。
a cruel punishment'/joke残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话
a cruel dictator残暴的独裁者
I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.我无法容忍虐待动物的人。
Her eyes were cruel and hard.她目光冷酷。
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。
Children can be so cruel...孩子有时可能会相当残忍。
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？
...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
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。
He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.他反抗虐待.
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.
A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
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.
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.
He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事.
The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.残酷的主人鞭打他的奴隶.
It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的.
Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶.
The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.那个狠心的男人舍弃了妻小.
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.
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.
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.
It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.
The meanest and cruelest of human beings.
出自：S. JohnsonIt was cruel to bewilder her.
出自：H. JamesI could feel her cruel eyes on me.
出自：E. O误 It was very cruel doing so.
正 It was very cruel to do so.
析 cruel后可接动词不定式,但不接动名词。
Matilda's battles with hercruel 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。
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