(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.

克勞德整理

• None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 埃德加·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰(zhàn)神.
• He pictured the town emancipated from its ugliness and its cruelty--a beautiful city for free men and women. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
• 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. 沃爾特·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. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• The whole cruelty of Sir Percival's deception had fallen on poor Lady Glyde. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• O Mr Wrayburn,' she answered, suddenly breaking into tears, 'is the cruelty on my side! 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• In every victory he displayed humanity to the conquered, and decisively opposed any exhibition of cruelty. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• It's quite a cruelty,' said Charlotte. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
• The motions of these men were slow and solemn, as if there impended over their souls some preconception of horror and of cruelty. 沃爾特·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·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• O, you are too relentless--there's a limit to the cruelty of savages! 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉(xiāng).
• He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• But his indulgence in these and his personal tyrannies and cruelties did not interfere with the general prosperity of the empire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• He held a command in Spain, and distinguished himself by his cruelties. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• He might suffer horrible cruelties, for there was little law to protect such as he. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• Every one of them is capable of cruelties and fine emotions, of despairs and devotions and self-forgetful effort. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• Roman writers accuse her of great cruelties. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• The expedition was successful, but he was disgusted by what he saw of the cruelties and horrors of war. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• This step was taken by his grandson, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible, because of his insane cruelties; 1533-1584). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• 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? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.

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