英 [ˈkruːəl] 美 [ˈkruːəl]
adj. 残酷的，残忍的；引起痛苦的
v. <非正式>弄糟，使没有成功可能
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ CET4 TEM4 [ crueller cruellest ]
形容词 Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 残忍的
Children can be so cruel.
孩子也会这么残忍。
副词 残忍地
Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings.
道格拉斯过去常遭到嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹们的残忍折磨。
形容词 A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress. 严酷的
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope.
…在一个他们不能承受的严酷世界中挣扎着求生。
副词 严酷地
His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own making.
他的生活由于一个非他自身因素造成的事件被无情地破坏了。
残忍的
残忍的 （ Cruel ）是前缀。
很多人很看重这种机会，觉得能够增加阅历，但现实往往是残酷的(cruel)，异国生活充满着艰辛困苦。
... crossn.十字形的东西vt.越过;穿过 cruela.残忍的,残酷的;无情的 cryn.叫喊;哭声v.喊叫;哭 ...
认定奥巴马“认怂”的人士以为，对阿富汗和伊拉克动员（start）的战斗（war）留给美国血淋淋的残暴（cruel）经验——战斗（war）解决不了问题，更别提此次对叙袭击（strike）只是“有限的、惩罚性袭击（strike）” 了。
He was a cruel and vicious man.
他是一个残忍而凶恶的人。
Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷。
Children can be so cruel.
孩子也会这么残忍。
But nature was cruel. By the nineteen twenties, erosion from winds and weather had removed a large part of the land.
VOA : special.2009.10.06
Somebody rose and asked him if he had considered putting the elements in alphabetical order. They were very cruel.
有人起来问他,是否考虑过将这些元素,按字母顺序排列，他们非常冷酷。
固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
I had made him know that I felt he was cruel and I had done it without his punishing me.
同时，我让他感到了自己的残忍,对此他无能为力。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Parents of children age ten to seventeen were asked whether their child bullies or is cruel or mean to others.
VOA : special.2010.05.06
She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.
VOA : special.2009.04.18
Back then, he seemed like such a sweet man to me, and this felt unnecessarily cruel.
There she moves, a vaguely ghostlike figure, among inhabitants who are themselves subject to cruel griefs.
Jobs and Gates's lessons to managers aren't about being cruel to be kind or successful.