be cruel to

常见例句

We shouldn't be cruel to animals.
我们不应该对动物残忍。
As long as humans are cruel to animals, they will be cruel to each other.
只要人类对动物残酷，他们必然彼此残忍。
We need to understand that if we're eating meat, we are paying people to be cruel to animals.
我们必须明白，如果我们吃肉，我们就是在付钱给别人残忍对待动物。

They were very cruel. I thought,perhaps this beast can be taught to be my friend...
And this is line 679: Why should you be so cruel to yourself, And to those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy?
在第679行：，你为什么要对自己那么残忍，对于大自然赋予我们的四肢,只文雅的使用和温和的对待佳肴？
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The message of the flood story also seems to be that when humans destroy the moral basis of society, when they are violent or cruel or unkind, they endanger the very existence of that society.
而洪水所表达的信息是,当人类毁掉了社会的道德根基，当人类变得暴力，残忍，这都会危及到人类社会的存在。
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And I think it would be pretty cruel to raise a hyperactive puppy that would eventually grow into a big dog in our small apartment.
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The story the press has missed is that the month of June, which was supposed to be a cruel month for Obama has turned out to be exactly that.
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