re·lent·less /-ləs/
(a.)無情的,冷酷的,殘酷的
Re·lent·less, a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.
For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden.
-- Re*lent*less*ly, adv. -- Re*lent*less*ness, n.
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relentless
adj 1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim
determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final
hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable
certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern
demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, stern,
unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent,
unrelenting]