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单词 unrelenting
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Definition of unrelenting in English:

unrelenting

adjective ʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋˌənrəˈlɛn(t)ɪŋ
  • 1Not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

    the heat was unrelenting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The couple were a Calvinist pastor of the most unrelenting kind and his equally intransigent spouse.
    • The world of business is a harsh and unrelenting one: a constant struggle for survival and profit in which the weak or the inflexible go to the wall.
    • He believed their newly formed government should be strict, orderly, and unrelenting.
    • Simpson was known as the Iron Man in his playing days and was a tough, unrelenting prop.
    • You're looking at a man with an unflagging passion for racing and an unrelenting will to win.
    • Vincent Hunter's film is as unrelenting and tough as the true meaning of loneliness.
    • Once you get past this blemish, Minority Report is an unrelenting movie about the cruel uncertainty of both life and the future.
    • This is the world Elphie encounters as she moves from a life at Shiz University to one of unforgiving and unrelenting segregation.
    • Jordan's unusual mix of hard graft, unrelenting energy and ability to source funds ensured the team's survival.
    • First off, Frazier forced Ali to fight by applying fast and hard unrelenting pressure.
    • For a place dependent on tourist spending, the unrelenting determination to turn paying customers away is simply beyond rationality.
    • That's just over a year since the dedicated York warrior turned professional in the unrelenting and unforgiving arena of Thai boxing.
    • That and the unrelenting heat and undulations made for a tough cycle leg, which he completed at his pre-race estimated time.
    • From beginning to end, it is just unrelenting, one of the hardest courses in America.
    • Pigs are innocent victims of a cruel, unrelenting slaughterhouse industry.
    • ‘I don't cope well with the unrelenting demands of professional rugby,’ he said then.
    • Faced with a cruel and unrelenting system of numbers that mocked him, he invented a new one!
    • If she did nothing else right now she would tumble backward and hit the hard, unrelenting ground head first.
    • At sea, the punishing U-boat campaign continued, and the war in the Atlantic was cruel and unrelenting.
    • A major factor in determining the outcome was the unrelenting political opposition in the highest quarters.
    Synonyms
    implacable, inflexible, uncompromising, unyielding, unbending, inexorable, relentless, resolute, determined, unstoppable, dogged, tireless, unflagging, unshakeable, unswerving, unwavering, assiduous, sedulous
    intransigent, merciless, pitiless, unforgiving, unsparing, ruthless, cruel, rigid, rigorous, hard, strict, harsh, stern, adamant, steely, tough
    1. 1.1 Not giving way to kindness or compassion.
      unrelenting opponents
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Opprobrium from the terraces and beyond was unrelenting.
      • So it's kind of cool for me to think of myself as someone who's unrelenting and controlling of situations.
      • His letter to Leghari was unrelenting in its condemnation.
      • Since the Vietnam era, he's been an unrelenting critic of US foreign policy and this book's no different.
      • The reaction by its political opponents to this stand was one of savage and unrelenting hostility.
      • In the packed public gallery, Mrs Humes's family, who had glared with unrelenting hatred at him during the hearing, were in tears.
      • She made you the unrelenting, hard and cold businessman that they called iceman, today.
      Synonyms
      continual, constant, continuous, relentless, unremitting, unabating, unrelieved, sustained, incessant, unceasing, ceaseless, steady, unbroken, non-stop, endless, unending, persistent, perpetual

Derivatives

  • unrelentingly

  • adverb
    • The climb continued unrelentingly well into dusk all the way to the Sultana estate, where our second night's stay had been arranged.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the other hand it is perpetually polluted, unrelentingly crowded, the weather is atrocious and the roads are horrific.
      • The Washington Post reports that the wave of violence in the Sunni Arab heartland continued unrelentingly on Thursday.
      • No wonder then that the players, especially the home team, felt tense because spectators were unrelentingly severe on players who did not perform according to expectation.
      • The guerrilla campaign of mass violence continued unrelentingly on Sunday.
  • unrelentingness

  • noun
    • I think it was a combination of the 20-hour days you need at the beginning with the unrelentingness of finishing one crime and now here comes another.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The worry, the work, the unrelentingness of life with a kid like Annika: it's been a long 5 years.
      • The unrelentingness of the book is what's so captivating.
      • But despite the good humour, or because of its unrelentingness perhaps, I began to tire of it part way through.
      • The entire film is like a well choreographed but under-edited Bollywood dance number: initially dazzling but eventually tiring in its unrelentingness.

Rhymes

unconsenting
 
 

Definition of unrelenting in US English:

unrelenting

adjectiveˌənrəˈlen(t)iNGˌənrəˈlɛn(t)ɪŋ
  • 1Not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

    the heat was unrelenting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's just over a year since the dedicated York warrior turned professional in the unrelenting and unforgiving arena of Thai boxing.
    • If she did nothing else right now she would tumble backward and hit the hard, unrelenting ground head first.
    • He believed their newly formed government should be strict, orderly, and unrelenting.
    • ‘I don't cope well with the unrelenting demands of professional rugby,’ he said then.
    • The world of business is a harsh and unrelenting one: a constant struggle for survival and profit in which the weak or the inflexible go to the wall.
    • You're looking at a man with an unflagging passion for racing and an unrelenting will to win.
    • Jordan's unusual mix of hard graft, unrelenting energy and ability to source funds ensured the team's survival.
    • For a place dependent on tourist spending, the unrelenting determination to turn paying customers away is simply beyond rationality.
    • That and the unrelenting heat and undulations made for a tough cycle leg, which he completed at his pre-race estimated time.
    • The couple were a Calvinist pastor of the most unrelenting kind and his equally intransigent spouse.
    • Pigs are innocent victims of a cruel, unrelenting slaughterhouse industry.
    • A major factor in determining the outcome was the unrelenting political opposition in the highest quarters.
    • Faced with a cruel and unrelenting system of numbers that mocked him, he invented a new one!
    • Vincent Hunter's film is as unrelenting and tough as the true meaning of loneliness.
    • Once you get past this blemish, Minority Report is an unrelenting movie about the cruel uncertainty of both life and the future.
    • Simpson was known as the Iron Man in his playing days and was a tough, unrelenting prop.
    • First off, Frazier forced Ali to fight by applying fast and hard unrelenting pressure.
    • At sea, the punishing U-boat campaign continued, and the war in the Atlantic was cruel and unrelenting.
    • This is the world Elphie encounters as she moves from a life at Shiz University to one of unforgiving and unrelenting segregation.
    • From beginning to end, it is just unrelenting, one of the hardest courses in America.
    Synonyms
    implacable, inflexible, uncompromising, unyielding, unbending, inexorable, relentless, resolute, determined, unstoppable, dogged, tireless, unflagging, unshakeable, unswerving, unwavering, assiduous, sedulous
    1. 1.1 (of a person or their behavior) not giving way to kindness or compassion.
      unrelenting opponents
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Opprobrium from the terraces and beyond was unrelenting.
      • The reaction by its political opponents to this stand was one of savage and unrelenting hostility.
      • So it's kind of cool for me to think of myself as someone who's unrelenting and controlling of situations.
      • Since the Vietnam era, he's been an unrelenting critic of US foreign policy and this book's no different.
      • His letter to Leghari was unrelenting in its condemnation.
      • In the packed public gallery, Mrs Humes's family, who had glared with unrelenting hatred at him during the hearing, were in tears.
      • She made you the unrelenting, hard and cold businessman that they called iceman, today.
      Synonyms
      continual, constant, continuous, relentless, unremitting, unabating, unrelieved, sustained, incessant, unceasing, ceaseless, steady, unbroken, non-stop, endless, unending, persistent, perpetual
 
 
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