cruelty是什么意思？

cruelty

英[ˈkru:əlti] 美[ˈkruəlti]

• n. 残忍，残忍的行为，残酷行为，虐待；

复数：cruelties;

例句

• It’s sickening to see such cruelty. 看到这种残忍的行为真叫人反感。
• remonstrate against cruelty to a dog 抗议对一条狗的虐待
• Lying, stealing, dishonesty and cruelty are sins. 说谎、偷窃、不诚实和残忍都是罪孽。
• infernal cruelty 恶魔般的残忍
• heartless cruelty 无情的残暴行为
• The king's cruelty excited the people to rise against him. 那个国王的残酷激起了人民起来反对他。
• expose their duplicity and cruelty and 暴露他们的残暴和欺骗
• diabolical cruelty 毒辣的残暴行为
• Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people. 对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。
• At the sight of this cruelty, they could hardly contain their anger. 看到这种惨不忍睹的景象，他们简直无法克制他们的愤怒情绪。

同义词

• n.
  cruelty的同义词之：残酷,冷酷,恶毒
  murderousness, truculence, barbarousness, brutishness, fierceness, harshness, viciousness, ruthlessness, bloodthirstiness, cold-bloodedness, fiendishness, ferocity, grimness, inhumanity, brutality, deviltry, savagery, barbarity,
• cruelty的同义词之：其他释义
  oppression, tyranny,

英语六级真题

He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  残暴;残忍;残酷
  Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
  例句
  Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children... 英国有禁止虐待动物的法律，但却没有保护儿童的法律。 He had been unable to escape the cruelties of war. 他没能逃脱战争的残酷。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  残忍, 残酷
  Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people. 对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
  2. feelings of extreme heartlessness
  3. the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance