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单词 unforgiving
释义

unforgivingadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənfərˈɡɪvɪŋ/
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > unforgiving
impardonablea1625
unpardoning1644
unforgiving1713
forgiveless1861
1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore iv Accursed Jealousy! O merciless, wild and unforgiving Fiend!
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 247 Chatham..Secur'd it by an unforgiving frown.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 293 I have brought the vengeance of an unforgiving devil upon this helpless creature.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 165 We are an unforgiving race.
absolute.1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iii. 96 Canst Thou forgive even the unforgiving?1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 226 And thou wilt then be wretcheder than I;—The unforgiving than the unforgiven.

Derivatives

unforˈgivingness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > lack of forgiveness
unforgiveness1611
irremissiona1631
unforgivingness1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xlvii. 184 That cruelty and unforgivingness, which..have no example.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xi. 55 An extraordinary mixture of..good nature with unforgivingness.
1887 M. Burt Browning's Women 52 Unforgivingness beyond a certain limit is a base crime.
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