merciless

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mer·ci·less /ˈmɜːsɪləs $ ˈmɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 CRUELcruel and showing no kindness or forgiveness 冷酷无情的，残忍的

a merciless attack

无情的攻击

a merciless killer

残忍的杀手

2 merciless heat/cold/wind etc heat, cold etc that is very great or strong and unpleasant, and does not stop 酷热/严寒/凛冽的风等

It brings some relief from the merciless summer heat.

它给夏天的酷热带来些许凉意。

Examples from the Corpus

merciless heat/cold/wind etc• During the merciless heat of noon one of the frailer females collapsed, far from any possible shelter.

—mercilessly adverbadv

He teased his sister mercilessly.

他无情地戏弄他的姐姐。

Examples from the Corpus

merciless• He was very sweet; sweet and merciless.• They gave Donlan the same merciless beating Clark received in Chicago.• And again events have dealt them a series of merciless blows.• He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big curved nose and very bright, hard eyes.• I have suffered as a result of this merciless hard line plenty of times myself.• The furies had claws and merciless teeth.

mer·ci·less adjectiveadj

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