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

• The Jacobins were most unforgiving.
  雅各宾党人是最不可饶恕的。
• Should we now be unforgiving of his mistrust?
  我们怎能不原谅他的缺乏信心呢？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。