| 词汇 | mental-cruelty |
| 释义 | mental cruelty noun[ U ] uk /ˌmen.təl ˈkruː.əl.ti/ us /ˌmen.t̬əl ˈkruː.əl.t̬i/ behaviour that makes another person suffer emotionally but does not involve physical violence: 精神虐待 She divorced her husband on the grounds of mental cruelty.她以受精神虐待为由与丈夫离了婚。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness merciless mercilessly mordant trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian Examples of mental crueltymental cruelty Women had to watch their steps very carefully in the in-laws' home or risk a great deal of niggling mentalcruelty. Some of the things said to this woman have been almost in the category of mentalcruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that mentalcruelty may be included under the general definition of cruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are also allowing mentalcruelty as a cause for divorce in certain circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are there not many instances where mentalcruelty is much worse than physical cruelty? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some who dislike hunting talk of the fear and mentalcruelty which may be caused to animals by their being chased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she clarify whether the amendment is designed to cover mentalcruelty as well? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does mentalcruelty come under this heading, and is it possible to take action on that ground? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am referring to things like mentalcruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A great deal more harm can be done to a child by mentalcruelty than by any form of corporal punishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question that in the mind of a neuropath any act of the other partner may be misinterpreted as mentalcruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mentalcruelty may of course on certain occasions be worse but this is a dangerous provision and it may easily grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For many reasons much mentalcruelty is inflicted upon children, and it is not confined to any one class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is often said that mentalcruelty is as wounding as physical cruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am thinking particularly of the heavier penalties which to my mind are just mentalcruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mental cruelty These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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