cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless

形容詞 cruel:

1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   同義詞：barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
2. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain
   同義詞：brutal

1. His cruel remarks cut me deeply.
   他那無(wú)情的話太傷我的心了。
2. In fairy stories, the ogre is cruel and eats people.
   在神話故事中，魔鬼很殘忍而且吃人。
3. The feudal barons were cruel to the people.
   封建貴族對(duì)人民很殘酷。
4. Destiny is sometimes cruel.
   命運(yùn)有時(shí)是殘酷的。
5. That emperor was a cruel despot.
   那個(gè)皇帝是個(gè)殘酷的專制君主。
6. He is a cruel assassin.
   他是個(gè)殘忍的殺手。
7. We shouldn't be cruel to animals.
   我們不應(yīng)該對(duì)動(dòng)物殘忍。
8. The death of their daughter was a cruel blow.
   女兒的死對(duì)他們是一個(gè)殘酷的打擊。

cru.el

adj.（形容詞）
cru.el.er 或 cru.el.ler cru.el.est 或 cru.el.lest
Disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
殘暴的：傾向于強(qiáng)加痛楚或痛苦的
Causing suffering; painful.
導(dǎo)致痛苦的；痛苦的

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin crôdôlis * see kreu…-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) crôdôlis *參見(jiàn) kreu…-

【引伸】
cru.elly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>cruel,fierce,ferocious,barbarous,inhuman,savage,viciousThese adjectives mean showing a disposition to inflict violence, pain, or hardship, or to find satisfaction in the suffering of others.
這些形容詞的意思是顯示強(qiáng)加暴力、痛苦或困難的傾向或在他人的痛苦中得到滿足的傾向的。
Cruel implies both disposition to harm and satisfaction in or indifference to suffering:
Cruel 意指?jìng)λ艘约霸谒说耐纯嘀械玫綕M足或?qū)λ说氖芸酂o(wú)動(dòng)于衷這兩種傾向：
例句：
a cruel tyrant.
殘暴的獨(dú)裁者。

Fierce suggests the fearless aggression of a wild animal:
Fierce 意指野生動(dòng)物的殘暴的侵犯：
例句：
a fierce attack;
一次猛攻；

例句：
fierce anger.
狂怒。

Ferocious adds tofierce connotations of rabid fury and rampant brutality:
Ferocious 比fierce 更進(jìn)一步，有暴怒和極度殘忍的含義：
例句：
a ferocious attack dog;
一只兇猛進(jìn)攻的狗；

例句：
a ferocious battle for supremacy.
一次爭(zhēng)奪霸權(quán)地位的惡戰(zhàn)。

Barbarous suggests harshness and cruelty that befit only primitive human beings:
Barbarous 意指只對(duì)原始人類有利的無(wú)情和殘酷：
例句：
committed a barbarous crime.
犯了殘暴的罪行。

Inhuman means markedly deficient in those qualities such as kindness and sympathy that are proper to a human being:
Inhuman 的意思是明顯缺乏適宜于人類的諸如仁慈和同情之類的那些素質(zhì)的：
例句：
cruel and inhuman behavior.
殘暴的非人道行為。

Savage implies a lack of the control or moderation expected of a civilized person:
Savage 意指缺乏文明人所應(yīng)有的控制或適度的：
例句：
a savage outburst of temper;
大發(fā)脾氣；

例句：
a savage slap.
狠狠的一記耳光。

Vicious suggests a disposition to malicious, violent, or destructive behavior:
Vicious 意指有惡意、暴力或毀滅性行為傾向的：
例句：
vicious animosity;
惡毒的敵意；

例句：
a vicious anonymous letter;
一封帶有惡毒敵意的信；

例句：
a vicious kick.
狠狠一腳