relentless

英 [rɪˈlentləs]

美 [rɪˈlentləs]

adj.  不停的; 持续强烈的; 不减弱的; 不放弃的; 严格的; 苛刻的; 无情的

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Collins.2 / BNC.9607 / COCA.7035

牛津词典

adj.

• 不停的；持续强烈的；不减弱的
  not stopping or getting less strong
  1. her relentless pursuit of perfection
     她对完美的不懈追求
  2. The sun was relentless.
     太阳还是那么热。
• 不放弃的；严格的；苛刻的；无情的
  refusing to give up or be less strict or severe
  1. a relentless enemy
     残酷的敌人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不停的;不懈的;不间断的；未减轻的
  Something bad that isrelentlessnever stops or never becomes less intense.
  1. The pressure now was relentless.
     压力现在没完没了。
• ADJ-GRADED 坚韧的;不屈不挠的
  Someone who isrelentlessis determined to do something and refuses to give up, even if what they are doing is unpleasant or cruel.
  1. Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable...
     对质量孜孜不倦的追求使他的技能出类拔萃。
  2. He was the most relentless enemy I have ever known.
     他是我所遇到的最不屈不挠的敌手。

英英释义

adj

• never-ceasing
  1. the relentless beat of the drums
  Synonym:persistentunrelenting
• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  1. grim determination
  2. grim necessity
  3. Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
  4. relentless persecution
  5. the stern demands of parenthood
  Synonym:griminexorablesternunappeasableunforgivingunrelenting

双语例句

• Here, I must tell you, yes, this is a war, relentless war!
  这里，我必须告诉大家，是的，这是一场战争，无情的战争！
• Life is continuous learning, a relentless and unyielding professor!
  生命是不断学习，无情和不屈的教授！
• The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming
  那是一首夹杂着撩拨的吉他声和密集的鼓点的激情四射的歌曲。
• Desire had turned me into a relentless hunter for clues, a romantic paranoiac, reading meaning into everything.
  是欲望使我成为一个侦探，一个不懈的线索搜索者。一个浪漫的偏执狂，要从一切事物中解读出意义来。
• He was the most relentless enemy I have ever known.
  他是我所遇到的最不屈不挠的敌手。
• But the dark was relentless and cruel and murdered the representatives.
  但是黑暗是无情残忍的，谋杀了这些代表们。
• I recommend that you be relentless in the elimination of the backlog of defects and feature enhancements.
  我建议你在消除积压的缺陷和不断膨胀的特征时毫不留情。
• Experienced relentless evolution of time, life has become tough do?
  经历了时间无情的嬗变，生命曾经变得坚韧吗？
• It was the relentless pursuit of beaver that opened the great Northwest.
  是海狸不断追求才开辟了大西北。
• She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
  她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。