It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen.

这是我见过的最严重的虐待动物的事例。

《牛津词典》

Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children.

英国曾有反对虐待动物的法律，却没有一部保护儿童的法律。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Cruelty to animals is severely punished in England.

在英国，虐待动物要受严厉惩罚。

《新英汉大辞典》

Don't talk to me about cruelty or what i am capable of.

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Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。

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More importantly, the Homeric heroes are said to be bad role models for those who follow them, they are shown to be intemperate in sex, into these vices Socrates adds cruelty and disregard for the dead bodies of one's opponents.

最重要的是，荷马英雄们被说成是坏榜样,对他们的追随者而言，他们都太过纵欲、,还有被苏格拉底冠以残忍,与漠视对手尸体的恶行。

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Zandt offered the example of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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There was a furtive cruelty to the marriage one impossible to imagine in our era of hyperexposure.

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NSPCC, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, deals with concerns for children's safety.

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