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

• It did me no harm but that was not the reason why an unforgiving person like me never really held any grudge against him for doing so.
  这事虽未对我造成伤害，然而我这个不忘宿怨的人，对他一向未尝怀恨在心，实在令有原因。
• 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。
• The Jacobins were most unforgiving.
  雅各宾党人是最不可饶恕的。
• Chinese mothers-in-law to-be, it seems, can be an unforgiving bunch.
  中国的准丈母娘们似乎是不饶人的一群。
• 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 Internet's unforgiving speed is forcing split second changes on a profession that dates back millennia.
  因特网不可原谅的增长速度使得一项职业瞬间回到了千年以前。
• 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。
• 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 was an unforgiving man who never forgot a slight
  他斤斤计较，很不大度。
• Either we accepted the unforgiving imperatives of the globalised economy or we would be condemned to fatal isolation.
  我们要么接受全球化经济的无情要求，要么注定陷入致命的孤立。