a cruel dictator
残暴的独裁者
I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
我无法容忍虐待动物的人。
Her eyes were cruel and hard.
她目光冷酷逼人。
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind(= make sb suffer because it will be good for them later) .
有时候为了某人好你就得对他狠。
a cruel punishment/joke
残酷的惩罚；挖苦人的笑话
Her father's death was a cruel blow .
父亲去世对她是一大打击。
1.残忍的,残酷的
2.令人痛苦的,无情的;严酷的,铁面无私的
1.〈口〉极度,非常
1.someone who is cruel enjoys causing pain to other people or animals, or enjoys making them unhappy or upset; used about someone’s behavior
2.cruel events or situations make people suffer in a way that seems unfair
1.Thank god your dear mother did not live to see the cruel, miserable death of her youngest child!
感谢上帝，你的母亲并没有看到她最小的儿子如此悲惨的死去。
2.A score of men, for this was the very thickest of the ambush, joined in this cruel and untimely mirth.
有二十个人--因为这儿是埋伏人数最多的一处--参加了这个残忍的不合时宜的作乐活动。
3.It sometimes seems as if God played a cruel trick on humanity by putting so much of a precious resource in such rough places.
这像是上帝和人类开了一个残酷的玩笑，将如此宝贵的石油资源放置到这样一个贫瘠的地区。
4.opposed to any application of the death penalty and torture of prisoners, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
反对对任何囚犯实施死刑和酷刑，或其他残忍、不人道或侮辱性的待遇或惩罚。
5.Now, Shylock hated Antonio. The reason for this was that Antonio had many times scolded Shylock publicly for being greedy and cruel.
而夏洛克恨安东尼奥，原因是安东尼奥曾多次当众斥骂夏洛克贪婪和残忍。
6.That would be cruel to Ashley, but would make him yearn for her all the more.
这会使得希礼见了要十分难受，要越发舍不得自己。
7.I learned a valuable lesson: No matter how cruel the truth might be, honesty is always the best policy.
我学到了宝贵的一课：不论事实会有多残忍，诚实为上策。
8.The cruel brahmin would not leave his bed to help the poor mother cremate the body.
那位残酷的婆罗门没有离开自己的床，去帮助可怜的母亲焚化尸体。
9.I am not cruel to let go, just don't want to see the bleak after ending, you will be able to be happy, you deserve better. . .
我并非狠心放手，只是不想看到以后的惨淡结局，你会幸福，你值得拥有更好的…
10.He is not the sort of man to commit such a cruel crime.
他不是那种犯下这样列酷罪行的人。