查询词典 crueller

But the earthquake that devastated the country, including Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, just before 5.00pm on January 12th was a yet crueller blow.

对海地来说，这次地震是一次更加残酷的打击。

She believed the alternative was crueller: watching him die slowly of hunger and thirst as his life-support mechanism was switched off - assuming that this had been allowed by the high court.

她之所以这样做是因为坚信其他抉择更加残忍：因为所有维持生命的机制都被切断，她只能眼睁睁地看着他慢慢死于饥渴--她假定这些都获得了高等法院的允许。

Director Singer has built a larger, worldwide arena here: Superman traverses the globe, not just the US, in his fight for "truth and justice"(references to the "American way" are conspicuously absent), and consequently Spacey's eloquent Lex Luthor is a further-thinking and far crueller customer than Gene Hackman's.

导演辛格营造了一个更为硕大的全球性舞台：超人为&真理和正义&而战的足迹横贯全球而并非仅仅局限于美国(明显不再提及什么&美国精神&了)，由此，与吉恩·哈克曼的演绎相比，斯帕西饰演的拥有雄辩口才的莱克斯·卢瑟变成了一个更加老谋深算和凶狠的家伙。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。