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

• 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。
• 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。
• Nothing he did could mitigate her wrath; she was unforgiving.
  他所作的一切都不能平息她的愤怒；她是不原谅人的。
• These are tough men, accustomed to lives of hard work in an unforgiving environment.
  严酷环境中的艰辛生活造就了他们的坚强。
• 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。
• 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 Jacobins were most unforgiving.
  雅各宾党人是最不可饶恕的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ear is unforgiving, so it can be irritating not to hear the wind when you're watching scenes of a hurricane, for example.
  耳朵是无情的，因此，例如当你在观看飓风的场景的时候，听不到风声可能让人感到不快。