
英:/'ˈkruːəli/ 美:/'ˈkruːəli/
比較級:more cruelly 最高級:most cruelly
adv. 殘酷地;非常
The boy cruelly refused my courtship.
那個男孩殘忍地拒絕了我的求愛。
He claimed that he had been cruelly persecuted by the enemy.
他聲稱自己受到了敵人殘忍的迫害。
The children's dreams were cruelly destroyed.
孩子們的夢想被殘酷地摧毀了。
Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings.
道格拉斯過去常遭到嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹們的殘忍折磨。
The dog had been cruelly treated.
那條狗一直受虐待。
I was cruelly deceived.
我被騙得慘透了。
His life has been cruelly shattered by an event not of his own ******.
他的生活由于一個非他自身因素造成的事件被無情地破壞了。
We find ourselves cruelly cut off from the wireless world.
我們發現自己被無情地切斷與無線世界的聯繫。
adv.|extremely/badly/highly/greatly/too;殘酷地;非常
cruelly 是副詞,用于描述行為或事件中體現的殘忍、冷酷無情或造成痛苦 的特質。其核心含義包含以下層次:
故意施加痛苦:指有意造成他人(或動物)身體或精神上的傷害,缺乏同情心或憐憫。例如:
"The prisoners were cruelly tortured during the war."(戰争期間,囚犯們遭受了殘酷的折磨。)
來源:Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
冷酷無情,缺乏仁慈:強調行為或态度的冷漠、刻薄,無視他人的感受或福祉。例如:
"He cruelly mocked her appearance in front of everyone."(他當着所有人的面冷酷地嘲笑了她的外表。)
來源:Merriam-Webster Dictionary
造成不公或不幸:形容事件或情況本身具有的嚴酷、不公或令人痛苦的性質,有時并非出于主觀惡意,但結果同樣殘酷。例如:
"Fate cruelly took away her chance to say goodbye."(命運殘酷地奪走了她告别的機會。)
來源:Cambridge English Dictionary
極度,過分:在較舊的用法或特定語境中,可表示程度之甚,帶有負面色彩(如過分嚴厲)。例如:
"The punishment was cruelly severe for such a minor offense."(對于這樣的小過失,懲罰過于嚴厲了。)
來源:Collins English Dictionary
詞源與關聯:
該詞源自形容詞cruel(殘忍的),其詞根可追溯至拉丁語 crudelis(粗糙的、無情的),與 crudus(生的、未加工的,引申為未開化、野蠻)相關。這反映了其核心含義與原始、缺乏人性化關懷的關聯。來源:Online Etymology Dictionary
單詞cruelly 是副詞,以下是詳細解釋:
He treated his students cruelly.(他殘酷地對待學生)
The boy was cruelly flogged for stealing.(男孩因偷竊被殘忍鞭打)
A cruelly bitter winter.(極度嚴寒的冬天)
The job was cruelly difficult.(工作異常艱難)
如需更多例句或用法細節,可參考權威詞典來源(如、4、7)。
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