冷酷

• 拼音: lěng kù
• 汉字拆解: 冷 = 冫(ice radical) + 令 (command — cold); 酷 = 酉 (fermented) + 告 (declare — intensely harsh)

含义

Cold-hearted; ruthless; merciless. Describes a person or behaviour devoid of warmth, compassion, or empathy.

Applied to people, attitudes, or actions that are unfeeling and harsh. Stronger than 严厉 (strict) in that it implies a complete absence of kindness. Common in literary descriptions of villains, authoritarian figures, and pitiless systems.

例句

1. 这位将军以冷酷著称，从不对失职士兵手下留情。
2. 他冷酷的眼神让在场的所有人都不寒而栗。
3. 市场竞争有时是冷酷的，弱小的企业往往毫无还手之力。

用法指南

语境: literature, politics, business, characterisation

语气: negative

正确说法

• 他以冷酷的态度拒绝了所有求情。(He rejected all pleas with cold-hearted indifference.)
• 历史上不乏以冷酷手段维持权力的统治者。(History is not short of rulers who maintained power through ruthless means.)

错误说法

• 把冷酷与冷静混用 — 冷静表示镇定理智，冷酷暗含无情残忍，语义完全不同

起源与历史

冷 (cold) + 酷 (cruel/harsh)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal