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

• He is unforgiving to his enemies.
  他对他的敌人从不宽容。
• A surly unforgiving old woman.
  乖戾、不依不饶的老女人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Date warriors have a fierce and unforgiving nature.
  伊达家的战士具有狂暴和无情的天性。
• 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。
• 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。