cruel, brutal
这两个词的意思都是“残忍的”,它们的区别仅在于程度上。后者表示“极度残酷”,语义比前者强得多。例如:
Murder is a brutal crime.谋杀是极残忍的罪行。
cruel，brutal，inhuman，savage，barbarous，fierce，ruthless
这些形容词都有“残忍的”，“野蛮的”之意。
cruel一般用词，指行动或态度的残忍。
brutal指极端的残忍，强调无情或缺乏同情心，含不择手段的意味。
inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。
savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养，尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横，含野蛮意味。
barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。
fierce指天性凶恶，令人害怕。
ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的，对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。
柯林斯例句
After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.
一番严厉斥责之后，他把那女孩赶出了团队。
——柯林斯例句
Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.
动物权利保护者指出动物园实际上是动物的牢笼，经常很残酷地对待动物。
——柯林斯例句
He did not think he was any more cruel, any more vengeful than other men.
他认为自己并不比其他人更冷酷，也不比别人更爱报复。
——柯林斯例句
These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs.
这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。
——柯林斯例句
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。
——柯林斯例句
The wind was not as sharp and cruel as it had been.
风不像刚才那么凛冽和凶猛了。
——柯林斯例句
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者.
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A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural.
母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
——《简明英汉词典》
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.
——《简明英汉词典》
He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.
他不会做出这么残忍的事.
——《简明英汉词典》
It's cruel to use a whip to punish a child.
用鞭子惩罚孩子是残酷的.
——《简明英汉词典》
Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.
他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶.
——《简明英汉词典》
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.
——《简明英汉词典》
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.
——《简明英汉词典》
It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.
把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.
——《简明英汉词典》
I overheard some cruel remarks about my husband.
我无意中听到一些议论我丈夫的粗鲁话.
——《简明英汉词典》
The cruel man lashed the horse with his whip.
那个粗暴的人用鞭子抽马.
——《简明英汉词典》
He deserves to swing for that cruel murder.
他犯下残酷的杀人罪,理应被绞死.
——《简明英汉词典》
I had to be cruel to be kind and warn him that he'd lose his job if he didn't improve his performance.
我只得忠言逆耳地警告他,如果他的表现不改进的话,他会失业的.
——《简明英汉词典》
He kicked against [ at ] the cruel treatment.
他反抗虐待.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
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.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.
残酷的主人鞭打他的奴隶.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.
那个狠心的男人舍弃了妻小.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
Accounts of cruel tortures in the jails of the reactionary government would curl one's hair.
关于反动政府监狱里酷刑情况的介绍听了会叫人毛骨悚然.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The cruel landlord would bate him no rent.
那个狠心的地主不肯给他减租.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
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