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

• 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。
• 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。
• But in these unforgiving deserts, a pilgrimage could take years to complete.
  然而，要穿越无情的沙漠，朝觐之旅。
• Should we now be unforgiving of his mistrust?
  我们怎能不原谅他的缺乏信心呢？
• 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！
• Date warriors have a fierce and unforgiving nature.
  伊达家的战士具有狂暴和无情的天性。
• The Jacobins were most unforgiving.
  雅各宾党人是最不可饶恕的。
• This level is unforgiving and if you don't get it exactly right financially you can end up in a mess.
  这个级别是无情的，如果你没有得到完全理解这一点你可以结束经济在一个烂摊子。
• With no means to preserve food for the journey, an unforgiving ecosystem and the risks presented by the hunt itself, some men never made it back.
  旅途中没有任何办法可保留食物，严酷的生态环境和狩猎本身所有的危险，让一些男子踏上不归路。
• The sea can be particularly unforgiving of divers'mistakes: Sometimes we don't get second chances.
  大海是绝对不会原谅潜水者的错误的：有时我们连几秒的机会都没有。