形 （残酷） cruel，brutal，oppressive；副 （程度深的； 极） very，extremely ；

[例句] 主人坚持要让“酷地”参加金杯赛马会。 The owner insisted on Cool Ground running in the Gold Cup.

[例句] 他竭力想扮酷，赶时髦。 He was trying to be really cool and trendy.

cruel，brutal，inhuman，ruthless，bloodiness；

[例句] 那儿的竞争异常残酷。 It is very much dog eat dog out there.

[例句] 这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。 These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs.

harsh，bitter，severe，grim，asperity ；

[例句] 被拘留者的关押环境常常恶劣严酷、很不人道。 The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions.

[例句] 他找到了懂得用狂欢来冲淡战争的严酷的志趣相投的军官。 He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war's rigours with riotous enjoyment.

unfeeling，callous，grim，as hard as nails，inexorability ；

ardently love，be very fond of，revel in，wrapped up in ；

[例句] 他一直酷爱海上赛艇，并多次在比赛中获胜。 His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored many successes.

[例句] 他是个酷爱阅读的人，总觉得书不够读。 He misses not having enough books because he's an avid reader.

cruel torture，savage torture，brutal corporal punishment，excruciation，[电影]Tormento；

cruel，fierce，heavy，strong ；

[例句] 天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines.

broiling，extremely hot，torrid ；

[例句] 叶子在酷热的阳光下容易枯黄。 The leaves are inclined to scorch in hot sunshine.

[例句] 酷热的一天 a devilishly hot day

inhumanize ；

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