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cruelty

🇬🇧 UK/kru:əlti/🇺🇸 US/'kru:әlti/
B2

Definitions

n.

The quality of being cruel; indifference to or pleasure in causing pain and suffering; a cruel act.

残忍,残酷;虐待;残忍的行为

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cruelrough, raw, primitive
+
tysuffix
=cruelty

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The organization campaigns against animal cruelty in laboratories.

  • 2.

    History remembers his rule for its shocking cruelty and injustice.

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