残酷的

It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation, survival.

这也许很残酷，但是没有比自我保护更重要的了，一切都为了生存。

Also, my self-reproach is more harsh than many other people's.

而且我对自己的叱责比许多人都要残酷。

My friends were cruel about it, saying that I was separating to stop myself from going blind.

我的朋友们对我很残酷，说我分居是为了防止自己变成瞎子。

In Order of the Phoenix , Snape is again cruel and snide throughout.

在《凤凰社》全书中，斯内普照样是残酷与阴险的。

But the meanest of all is the sperm whale.

但在所有的鲸中，最残酷当属抹香鲸。

"It's a stark warning about how suddenly and dramatically things can change," he said.

"这是一个关于事情怎么突然而显著地变化的残酷警告。"他说。

The big firms are increasingly acknowledging the starkness of diversity statistics that show women accounting for about 50 per cent of trainees but rarely more than 20 per cent of partners.

大型律师事务所所越来越承认多样性数据的残酷，数据显示，实习生中女性比例约为50%，但合伙人中女性比例很少超过20%。

But mother will salace someone else, we can't depend on her all the time, then we will face the steeliness、inhospitality and the hopeless of the reality....

温柔过后，我们又得面对现实，现实的冷漠、残酷与无奈。。

A theocracy is a cruel and backward form of authority.

一神权政体是一个残酷和落后的职权形式。

But 50 million Iranian TV viewers saw Ahmadinejad accused of humiliating the nation with his truculence and his Holocaust denials.

但5000万伊朗电视观众看到内贾德因其残酷以及对纳粹大屠杀的否认而被指给国家蒙羞。

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。