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

• A surly unforgiving old woman.
  乖戾、不依不饶的老女人。
• 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。
• Should we now be unforgiving of his mistrust?
  我们怎能不原谅他的缺乏信心呢？
• 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。
• He was an unforgiving man who never forgot a slight
  他斤斤计较，很不大度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But we are still running behind this devastating, unforgiving epidemic.
  当然，我们还落后于这个毁灭性的无情流行病，没有赶上它。