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cruelty noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRUELTY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEextreme, great 极端／非常残酷◆an act of extreme cruelty一种极端残酷的行为deliberate (especially BrE) 蓄意的残暴casual 不经意的残酷mental 精神虐待animal, child (especially BrE) 虐待动物／儿童◆Cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed.虐待儿童的事例实际发生的比看到的要多。human 人类的残忍◆the depths of human cruelty人类的极端残忍VERB + CRUELTYinflict, show (sb) 使遭受残暴；（对某人）表现出残暴◆How can you inflict such cruelty on a child?你怎能如此虐待一个孩子？◆Her stepmother showed her nothing but cruelty.她的继母对她只有虐待。suffer 遭受虐待◆The children suffered mental cruelty and neglect.孩子们受到精神虐待，缺乏关爱。see 看到残忍的行为◆She was shocked to see such cruelty.看到这样的残忍行为她很震惊。PREPOSITIONcruelty to, cruelty towards/toward 对⋯的虐待◆cruelty to animals对动物的虐待 |