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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Home can be very unforgiving.
  家庭是那样的不可原谅。
• He is unforgiving to his enemies.
  他对他的敌人从不宽容。
• 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。
• He added Mattel would be "vigilant and unforgiving in enforcing quality and safety".
  他还表示，美泰将“保持警觉、毫不松懈地推进质量和安全”。
• The Jacobins were most unforgiving.
  雅各宾党人是最不可饶恕的。
• 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。
• 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。