Cruelty
['krʊəltɪ] or ['krʊəlti]
解释:
(noun.) a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering.
(noun.) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
(noun.) feelings of extreme heartlessness.
克劳德整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
(n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
录入:尼科尔
同义词及近义词：
n. Inhumanity, barbarity, brutality, brutishness, ferocity, savageness truculence, blood-thirstiness.
埃斯特拉编辑
娱乐性解释：
To dream of cruelty being shown you, foretells you will have trouble and disappointment in some dealings. If it is shown to others, there will be a disagreeable task set for others by you, which will contribute to you own loss.
亨利录入
例句:
- None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- He pictured the town emancipated from its ugliness and its cruelty--a beautiful city for free men and women. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Out of the question, sir,' remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; 'it's a cruelty to animals, sir, to ask 'em to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The whole cruelty of Sir Percival's deception had fallen on poor Lady Glyde. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- O Mr Wrayburn,' she answered, suddenly breaking into tears, 'is the cruelty on my side! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In every victory he displayed humanity to the conquered, and decisively opposed any exhibition of cruelty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It's quite a cruelty,' said Charlotte. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The motions of these men were slow and solemn, as if there impended over their souls some preconception of horror and of cruelty. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- O, you are too relentless--there's a limit to the cruelty of savages! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It is a dark and intricate story of treacheries, cruelties, and hate, in which the death of the wily Histi?us shines almost cheerfully. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But his indulgence in these and his personal tyrannies and cruelties did not interfere with the general prosperity of the empire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He held a command in Spain, and distinguished himself by his cruelties. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He might suffer horrible cruelties, for there was little law to protect such as he. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Every one of them is capable of cruelties and fine emotions, of despairs and devotions and self-forgetful effort. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Roman writers accuse her of great cruelties. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The expedition was successful, but he was disgusted by what he saw of the cruelties and horrors of war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The clergy were to be freed from lay jurisdiction and from taxation, and exemplary cruelties were to be practised upon the heretics. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We read of horrible cruelties in the suppression of these troubles by Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general; of men being crucified by the thousand. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This step was taken by his grandson, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible, because of his insane cruelties; 1533-1584). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The horrid cruelties and outrages that once and a while find their way into the papers,--such cases as Prue's, for example,--what do they come from? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
整理:米莉