英 [ˈkruːəlti] 美 [ˈkruːəlti]
n. 残酷，残忍；不公，虐待
复数cruelties
cruelty /ˈkruːəltɪ/ CET4 TEM4
有变体名词 Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. 残忍
Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children.
英国曾有反对虐待动物的法律，却没有一部保护儿童的法律。
a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
同义词： inhuman treatment
feelings of extreme heartlessness
同义词： mercilessness / pitilessness / ruthlessness
残酷-引用次数：45
The various symbols from nature not only intensify the cruelty of natural laws, but also foreshadow the fate of the main characters.
取材于自然的各种象征不仅深化了自然法则的残酷性，而且预示了主要人物的命运。
参考来源海明威《永别了
虐待-引用次数：3
参考来源我国动物法律保护范围研究
残酷-引用次数：11
The "cruelty" the two famous dramatists mentioned was familiar in the similar pursue of aesthetics trend.
两位戏剧家所提出的“残酷”,在于其美学趋向上相近的追求。
参考来源论中国话剧的“残酷”美学倾向
残酷行为
- 残酷(Cruelty) (暗黑诡道使用) : 每个他周遭 10 公分的敌人模型被格杀时, 他在下个降灵阶段开始的时候对多增加该点数的暂时信仰点数.
... crucial a.决定性的，紧要关头的;严酷的，极困难的 cruelty n.残酷，残忍;残酷行为 crumple v.把…弄皱;打垮 ...
... courageous a.勇敢白勺，有胆量白勺 cruelty n.残忍，残酷 cuff n.1袖口；2（off the ～）即席地，非正式地 ...
敦实的身体、中等(Medium)个头，在谈话中竟不时露出憨厚的笑，似乎没有想像中的凶残(Cruelty)。这是我对黄镇的第一印象。
残酷；残忍；残酷的行为
Cruelty was quite alien to him.
他绝无残忍之心。
Thomas Rane chastised Peters for his cruelty.
托马斯·瑞训斥了彼得斯的残忍。
The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
世间的残酷令我悲伤不已。
Don't talk to me about cruelty or what i am capable of.
VOA : special.2010.04.18
Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.
美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。
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He may occasionally hurt others but this is not done out of deliberate cruelty.
他有时可能会刺伤他人,但这仅会是慎思后的恶毒话语。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"The military commissions have been reformed by the Congress and the Obama administration in a way that prohibits absolutely the use of any evidence obtained through torture or cruelty."
VOA : special.2010.11.20
In the poem "Cruelty." she takes a different look at violence.
VOA : special.2010.04.18
Of the teens active on these sites, 88% have witnessed acts of meanness or cruelty.
Zandt offered the example of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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The cruelty and ignorance just radiated from her fat face, with its little smear of lipstick.