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词汇 unforgiving
释义 unforgiving
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.fəˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ us /ˌʌn.fɚˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
not willing to forgive people for things they do wrong: 不原谅人的,不饶恕人的;无情的
My wife is unforgiving by nature.我妻子生来就得理不饶人。
unpleasant or difficult to deal with: (环境等)恶劣的,不利的
The unforgiving seas make search and rescue very difficult.大海恶劣的环境使搜救工作变得非常困难。
An unforgiving fabric or item of clothing can make you look fat: (衣料、衣服等)显得人胖的
Satin is gorgeous but can be unforgiving and emphasize bulges.缎面虽然华丽,但也会显胖,突出臃肿的地方。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unwilling and reluctant
arsed
balk
baulk
be blowed if...idiom
be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom
begrudge
deign
disinclination
disinclined
disobliging
drag your heels/feetidiom
indisposed
indisposition
jib
not have the stomach for somethingidiom
rather you than meidiom
reluctance
reluctant
reluctantly
wouldn't

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Serious and unpleasant
Style & appearance of clothes
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However, we appreciate that the timetable is pretty unforgiving, and many issues have yet to be resolved.
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People feel that parliamentary scrutiny can be too minute, detailed and unforgiving.
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On the one hand we have an unforgiving technology and on the other we have a proposed nuclear reactor which has not yet been built.
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The world has realised that nuclear power is rightly called an unforgiving technology.
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My worry is that, at this stage of its development, nuclear power is an unforgiving technology.
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I fear that they may find the electorate unforgiving in this regard.
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The homeless and vulnerable are immediately abandoned to the unforgiving world of overt correction.
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Always wild, always beautiful and sometimes unforgiving, there are secret places that calm the brain, expand the mind and make the spirits soar.
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History will be, rightly, unforgiving if, with all those advantages, we do not do what has to be done.
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If one was to say that someone was an unforgiving person that would be regarded as insulting and almost libellous.
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Their missions will be conducted in unforgiving and hostile terrain against a dangerous enemy.
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We also know and deeply regret that the relations between large elements in the two races are, in the main, bitter and unforgiving.
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We must be honest and acknowledge that, as a society, we are unforgiving.
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The sea is an unforgiving element, as we have learned just recently to our cost in the tragic ferry disaster.
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The accelerated growth of international debt provides a graphic illustration of the parable of the unforgiving debtor.
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