ADJ-GRADED
(处境或事件)引起痛苦的，残酷的
A situation or event that is cruel is very harsh and causes people distress.
例句
...struggling to survive in a cruel world with which they cannot cope...
在一个难以应付的残酷世界里拼命求生
By a cruel irony, his horse came down on a flat part of the course.
十分残酷而且极具讽刺意味的是，他的马在赛场的平地上摔倒了。