mercilessly [
'mə:silisli]
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ad. 无慈悲地, 残忍地
- He belaboured the donkey mercilessly.
他恶狠狠地猛抽那头驴. - His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the leading politicians of the day.
他的讽刺漫画无情地挖苦了当今的政界要人.
mercilessly[ adv ]
without pity; in a merciless manner
<adv.all>
he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a.
Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate
beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless
tyrant; merciless waves.
The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak.
Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless;
barbarous; savage.
※ -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. --
{Mer"ci*less*ness}, n.
- Often terrified of telling anyone they are attracted to the same sex, and mercilessly hazed or ostracized if they do, gay teens drop out more and abuse drugs more.
- One night, a young man beat her mercilessly, calling her a 'tramp'.
- Tow is a central Texas town where the summer heat bakes the hillsides mercilessly, winter temperatures drop into the teens, and late spring can bring hailstones big enough to kill a goat.
- By final reel the movie has become mercilessly multi-directional.
- The captain's refusal to answer charges in Q's star chamber may have relevance for Trekkers mercilessly judging the new show against the old.
- The probability is that many, if not most, have mercilessly been imprisoned.
- Whenever its four professional sports teams fail to measure up, the home crowd is sure to boo mercilessly.
- No other holiday exposes gaucheness so mercilessly.
- "Some people are going to exploit the trend in a merciful way," says "Unsolved Mysteries" producer John Cosgrove, "and some will exploit it mercilessly."
- But is it too orderly? The games marketed over the past couple of years have taken on a monotonous uniformity; prices have shot up mercilessly; and consumer services have eroded.