cruelty
noun /ˈkruːəlti/
/ˈkruːəlti/
(plural cruelties)
- [uncountable] cruelty (to somebody/something) behaviour that causes physical or mental pain to others and makes them suffer, especially deliberately
(尤指蓄意的)残酷,残忍,残暴 - cruelty to animals
对动物的虐待 - The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
他故意说的那些残酷无情的话对她像刀割一样。
- Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty.
她的继母对她只有虐待。 - How can you inflict such cruelty on a child?
你怎能如此虐待一个孩子? - She was shocked to see such cruelty.
看到这样的残忍行为她很震惊。 - The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect.
孩子们受到精神虐待,缺乏关爱。 - an act of extreme cruelty
一种极端残酷的行为 - the depths of human cruelty
人类的极端残忍
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- great
- deliberate
- …
- inflict
- show (somebody)
- suffer
- …
- cruelty to
- cruelty towards/toward
- cruelty to animals
- [countable, usually plural] a cruel action
残暴的行为 - Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century.
一直到19世纪,儿童工厂工人遭受了可怕的残酷对待。
- Frightening cruelties were inflicted on child factory workers well into the 19th century.
- [countable, uncountable] something that happens that seems unfair
不公;不平 - the cruelties of life
生活中的种种不公
- the cruelties of life
词源Middle English: from Old French crualte, based on Latin crudelitas, from crudelis, related to crudus ‘raw, rough’.