| 释义 |
unforˈgiving, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1713Rowe Jane Shore iv, Accursed Jealousy! O merciless, wild and unforgiving Fiend! 1784Cowper Task ii. 247 Chatham..Secur'd it by an unforgiving frown. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xi, I have brought the vengeance of an unforgiving devil upon this helpless creature. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths II. 165 We are an unforgiving race.
absol.1819Shelley Cenci v. iii. 105 Canst Thou forgive even the unforgiving? 1845[see unforgiven 2].
Hence unforˈgivingness.
1748Richardson Clarissa VII. xlvii. 184 That cruelty and unforgivingness, which..have no example. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. II. xi. 55 An extraordinary mixture of..good nature with unforgivingness. 1887M. Burt Browning's Women 52 Unforgivingness beyond a certain limit is a base crime. |