unforgiving

英 [ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌnfərˈɡɪvɪŋ]

adj.  不饶人的; 不宽容的; 不肯原谅的; 让人为难的; 难应付的; 棘手的

现在分词：unforgiving　

BNC.19747 / COCA.15571

牛津词典

adj.

• 不饶人的；不宽容的；不肯原谅的
  unwilling to forgive other people when they have done sth wrong
• 让人为难的；难应付的；棘手的
  unpleasant and causing difficulties for people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不宽容的；不原谅人的
  If you describe someone asunforgiving, you mean that they are unwilling to forgive other people.
  1. He was an unforgiving man who never forgot a slight...
     他斤斤计较，很不大度。
  2. He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.
     他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。
• ADJ-GRADED （形势或活动）无情的，难以应付的，不利的
  If you describe a situation or activity asunforgiving, you mean that it causes a lot of people to experience great difficulty or failure, even people who deserve to succeed.
  1. Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.
     商场如战场，竞争激烈，不近人情。

英英释义

adj

• unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy
  1. a surly unforgiving old woman
• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  1. grim determination
  2. grim necessity
  3. Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
  4. relentless persecution
  5. the stern demands of parenthood
  Synonym:griminexorablerelentlesssternunappeasableunrelenting

双语例句

• To be sure, forecasting markets is an unforgiving and somewhat foolhardy task.
  当然，预测市场走向是一种难以驾驭，还有些莽撞的任务。
• Ground squirrels are well suited to survival in the sometimes unforgiving climate of these mountains.
  对于山脉中不时的极端气候，地鼠有着非常好的适应能力。
• Even for him, the cello is an intractable instrument, unforgiving of ambition.
  即使对他来说，大提琴也是难以驾驭的乐器它对雄心万丈的人也一样铁面无情。
• That is the most unforgiving speech, said Elizabeth, that I ever heard you utter.
  我生平只听到你讲一句气量小的话。
• Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.
  商场如战场，竞争激烈，不近人情。
• He is unforgiving to his enemies.
  他对他的敌人从不宽容。
• All that guilty sorrow, hidden from the world, whose great heart would have pitied and forgiven, to be revealed to him, the Pitiless, to him, the Unforgiving!
  那些向世界隐瞒着的一切内疚，本可以获得世界的博大心胸的怜悯和原谅的，如今却要揭示给他这个毫无怜悯心的人，给他这个不肯原谅人的人！
• Different societies deal differently with sinners, and the Dutch seem particularly unforgiving.
  不同的社会对待犯错之人的态度有所不同，而荷兰人似乎尤其不肯原谅这些人。
• But we are still running behind this devastating, unforgiving epidemic.
  当然，我们还落后于这个毁灭性的无情流行病，没有赶上它。
• Date warriors have a fierce and unforgiving nature.
  伊达家的战士具有狂暴和无情的天性。