一、詳細釋義:


adj.

無情的,冷酷的,殘忍的


例句:

The President was ruthless in dealing with any hint of internal political dissent.

在處理任何內(nèi)部政治分歧的苗頭時,總統(tǒng)都毫不留情。


例句:

The late newspaper tycoon is condemned for his ruthless treatment of employees.

已故的報業(yè)大亨因為殘忍地對待員工而遭到譴責。


堅決的,果斷的


例句:

Her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a divorce settlement.

她的律師在討論離婚協(xié)議的過程中表現(xiàn)得非常堅決。


例句:

Successfully merging two banks requires a fast and ruthless attack on costs.

成功合并兩家銀行需要堅決快速地著手解決費用問題。


二、詞義辨析:


cruel,brutal,inhuman,savage,barbarous,fierce,ruthless

這些形容詞都有“殘忍的”,“野蠻的”之意。 cruel一般用詞,指行動或態(tài)度的殘忍。 brutal指極端的殘忍,強調(diào)無情或缺乏同情心,含不擇手段的意味。 inhuman著重缺乏同情心、仁愛等人類特有的良好的品質(zhì)。 savage指缺乏文明人應(yīng)有的教養(yǎng),尤指在動怒或沖動時表現(xiàn)出的粗野蠻橫,含野蠻意味。 barbarous專指只有原始或未開化的人才會有的殘忍行為。 fierce指天性兇惡,令人害怕。 ruthless與cruel同義。強調(diào)為達到目的,對別人的痛苦毫無憐憫之心。


三、參考例句:


The teacher was ruthless about my mistake.

老師對我的錯誤毫不留情。


The ruthless enemy killed the old lady.

殘忍的敵人殺害了那位老太太。


To foreign observers, American capitalism looks ruthless.

對于外國人來說,美國的資本主義看起來是殘忍的。


He is a shrewd and sometimes ruthless adversary.

他是個精明的、有時候冷酷無情的對手。


He was utterly ruthless in his determination to succeed.

他下定決心爭取成功。


We demand therefore the ruthless confiscation of all war profits.

因此,我們要求毫不手軟地沒收一切戰(zhàn)爭所得。


Fascism is the most ruthless enemy of the people.

法西斯主義是人民最殘酷無情的敵人。


Fascists is the most ruthless enemy of the people.

法西斯是人民最殘酷無情的敵人。


He shows ruthless disregard for other people's feelings.

他對別人的感情漠不關(guān)心。


They represented a ruthless and illegitimate regime that could not remain forever.

他們代表了一個殘暴的非法政權(quán),這樣的政權(quán)是不可能長久的。