cruelty

US [ˈkruəlti]
UK [ˈkruːəlti]
  • n.残忍；残暴的行为；不公；不平
  • Web残酷；残酷行为；虐待
Plural Form：cruelties  

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cruelty
n.
1.
[u]
~ (to sb/sth)
（尤指蓄意的）残酷，残忍，残暴behaviour that causes pain or suffering to others, especially deliberately
cruelty to animals
对动物的虐待
The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
他故意说残酷无情的话对她像刀割一样。
2.
[c][usupl]
残暴的行为a cruel action
3.
[c][u]
不公；不平something that happens that seems unfair
the cruelties of life
生活中的种种不公

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1.
It is all there; the institutions, their pressures, the religious impositions and doctrines, their cruelty, their faiths.
整个人类都在那里：各种机构，它们的压力，宗教的强加和教条，他们的残忍，他们的信仰。
zhěng gè rén lèi dōu zài nà li : gè zhǒng jī gòu , tā men de yā lì , zōng jiào de qiáng jiā hé jiào tiáo , tā men de cán rěn , tā men de xìn yǎng 。
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2.
really so difficult? American independent filmmaking standard template, simple, direct, as if the documentary-like realism and cruelty.
好邦独立造片的本准范本，繁单、曲交，仿佛纪录片般的写实和残酷。
hǎo bāng dú lì zào piàn de běn zhǔn fàn běn , fán dān 、 qū jiāo , fǎng fú jì lù piàn bān de xiě shí hé cán kù 。
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3.
"I think you know, " said Dumbledore. "Think back. Remember what he did, in his ignorance, in his greed and his cruelty. "
“我认为你是知道的，”邓布利多说，“回想一下，想想他因为无知、贪婪和残酷所做的事情。”
" wǒ rèn wéi nǐ shì zhī dào de , " dèng bù lì duō shuō , " huí xiǎng yí xià , xiǎng xiǎng tā yīn wèi wú zhī 、 tān lán hé cán kù suǒ zuò de shì qíng 。 "
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4.
He now understood for the first time all the cruelty of his rejection of her, the cruelty of his rupture with her.
他现在第一次明白了自己把她甩开的残酷无情，明白了她分别的残酷。
tā xiàn zài dì yī cì míng bái le zì jǐ bǎ tā shuǎi kāi de cán kù wú qíng , míng bái le tā fēn bié de cán kù 。
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5.
As media reports do not always accurately reflect the situation on the ground, WSPA examines allegations of animal cruelty.
作为媒体的报道并不总是准确地反映情况，在地面上，学会审查的指控虐待动物。
zuò wéi méi tǐ de bào dào bìng bù zǒng shì zhǔn què de fǎn yìng qíng kuàng , zài dì miàn shàng , xué huì shěn chá de zhǐ kòng nüè dài dòng wù 。
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6.
They had become so attached to the meager rewards of cruelty and petty power that they did not even remember how to be any other way.
他们已经附属于残忍暴行和琐碎权力所带来的微不足道的报酬，以致于他们完全不记得如何以另一种方式存在。
tā men yǐ jīng fù shǔ yú cán rěn bào xíng hé suǒ suì quán lì suǒ dài lái de wēi bù zú dào de bào chou , yǐ zhì yú tā men wán quán bù jì de rú hé yǐ lìng yī zhǒng fāng shì cún zài 。
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7.
Henry is often remembered for his pleasure-seeking life style, his cruelty, and his six wives.
亨利六世被大家广泛记得，是因为他推崇享乐主义生活，他以残暴出名，还有六个妻子。
hēng lì liù shì bèi dà jiā guǎng fàn jì de , shì yīn wèi tā tuī chóng xiǎng lè zhǔ yì shēng huó , tā yǐ cán bào chū míng , hái yǒu liù gè qī zi 。
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8.
There was the hint of cosmic cruelty that I felt when I saw the curved timbers of a wooden shack that had been warped in the summer sun.
还有，我看到小小棚屋的椽木，在夏日里晒得弯弯地翘起，便对造化的狠心稍有所悟。
hái yǒu , wǒ kàn dào xiǎo xiǎo péng wū de chuán mù , zài xià rì lǐ shài de wān wān de qiáo qǐ , biàn duì zào huà de hěn xīn shāo yǒu suǒ wù 。
9.
They also say that fox hunting is an activity in which people seem to gain pleasure from cruelty.
他们还指出，猎狐似乎是一种人们从残酷中取乐的游戏。
tā men hái zhǐ chū , liè hú sì hū shì yī zhǒng rén men cóng cán kù zhōng qǔ lè de yóu xì 。
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10.
I will say the very thought of you make me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.
我就说，我一想起你就恶心，你对我残酷到了可耻的地步。
wǒ jiù shuō , wǒ yī xiǎng qǐ nǐ jiù ě xin , nǐ duì wǒ cán kù dào le kě chǐ de dì bù 。