in AM, use 美国英语用 crueler, cruelest
- ADJ-GRADED 残酷的;冷酷的;残忍的;残暴的
Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- 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?
- ADJ-GRADED (处境或事件)引起痛苦的,残酷的
A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
- ...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。