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
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。
Other large-scale trends have paralleled the decline in violence and cruelty, but it is not easy to sort out cause and effect here.
野蛮和暴力减少的同时也出现了其他一些大趋势,但是很难简单地分清哪些是原因哪些是结果。
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。
"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。”
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。
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。
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。
If the animal cruelty isn't enough to turn your stomach, then the poor quality of the meat should be.
如果虐待动物还不足以令你的胃翻江倒海,那么差劲的肉质一定会做到这一点。
The scale of the cruelty to which Baby P had been subjected became apparent at the postmortem examination.
婴儿P所遭受的残酷虐待在验尸中显露无遗。
In chemotherapy, too, the lines between cruelty and cure have not always been obvious, nor have consciences always been untroubled.
就化学疗法来说,残忍与痊愈之间的界限也不明显,良心上也并非没有受到折磨。
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。
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。
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。
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。
An ancient novel full of murder, corruption, homosexuality, bestiality, incest and cruelty. It is often read to children on Sunday.
一本很古老的小说,里面充斥著凶杀、贪污、同性恋、人兽交、乱伦以及残暴的内容。你经常会在礼拜天读给孩子听。
He cites the example of a Nazi guard who forced a boy to put a noose around his friend's neck as "cruelty for its own sake. "
他引用了一例,一个纳粹卫兵仅仅为了“残忍本身的缘故”,强迫一名男孩在自己朋友的脖子上套上绳套。
I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.
我会说,一想到你我就恶心,你对我残酷到可耻的地步。
Oppressing petitioners is no way to govern or to redress their grievances, said the editorial, beneath the headline Stop this cruelty.
该社论的标题为《杜绝野蛮行为》。社论写道,“打压上访者决不是管理或者处理民怨的方法。”
His manner changed and he said more harshly: 'And you consider yourself morally superior to us, with our lies and our cruelty? '
他的态度改变了,口气更加严厉了:“你以为我们撒谎,我们残酷,因此你在精神上比我们优越?”
In the column, Valen detailed how the cruelty she experienced in her college sorority caused her to avoid friendships with other women.
在列,瓦伦的残酷,她详细介绍了如何在她大学联谊会经历使她避免与其他妇女的友谊。
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