词汇 | uncompromising |
释义 | uncompromising adjective uk /ʌnˈkɒm.prə.maɪ.zɪŋ/ us /ʌnˈkɑːm.prə.maɪ.zɪŋ/ If people or their beliefs are uncompromising, they are fixed and do not change, especially when faced with opposition: (尤指遭到反对时人或其信念)不妥协的,不让步的,强硬的 The city council has taken an uncompromising stand against the proposals for the new building.关于建新大楼的提案,市政委员会持强硬的反对态度。 Synonym inflexibleusually disapproving Opposites compromising flexible Not able to be changed be no hard and fast rulesidiom burn your boats/bridgesidiom congenital continuity deep-seated incorrigible incurably inelastic inelasticity inflexible irreversible irreversibly irrevocable irrevocably leopard sb's way or the highwayidiom unalterable unchangeable uncompromisingly unredeemable Related worduncompromisingly uncompromising | American Dictionaryuncompromising adjective us/ʌnˈkɑm·prəˌmɑɪ·zɪŋ/ (of a person or a person's opinions) fixed and not easily changed: People are intimidated by her uncompromising ways. Examples of uncompromisinguncompromising It provided an uncompromising norm for human judgment, much as strict ethical demands had served as standards of behavior. One approach is for those ethnically-based parties most willing to compromise to join together and, by joining, to fend off the uncompromising extremes. Stirling, the man, was admired by architects as an outspoken, uncompromising figurehead who challenged 'the establishment', both inside and outside architecture. Neither man wavered from his uncompromising position, and both went to the grave claiming that the other was palpably mistaken. Indeed, the totally uncompromising politics of this duke, in particular, can hardly be explained in any other way. To be so uncompromising, dangerous, and confrontational became praiseworthy. Few have practiced the calling so well, or with such bold, uncompromising, and enduring commitment. Naive empiricism, on the other hand, promised to restore economics as 'science' by allowing it to be an 'uncompromising pursuit of truth'. This uncompromising stance gave him political and religious credibility. Indeed, the uncompromising stance of the radical opposition was increasingly becoming unsustainable, often criticised as reflecting an unwillingness to engage in constructive dialogue. It is unlikely that texts with such uncompromising standards for women would have been silent if wives frequently poisoned their husbands. The expectations of the disputants concerning the outcome of negotiations corresponded directly to their uncompromising stance. Her uncompromising work returned our focus to aspects of musical communication and was a major influence on the development of women in composition. Its language was strong and uncompromising, verging on intransigence. Often radical and uncompromising in tone, utopian planning ideas had the potential to excite heated disagreement as well as great enthusiasm. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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