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。
• He is unforgiving to his enemies.
  他对他的敌人从不宽容。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A surly unforgiving old woman.
  乖戾、不依不饶的老女人。
• The sea can be particularly unforgiving of divers'mistakes: Sometimes we don't get second chances.
  大海是绝对不会原谅潜水者的错误的：有时我们连几秒的机会都没有。
• 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。