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词汇精选:ruthless的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义:

词汇精选:ruthless的用法和辨析

adj.

无情的,冷酷的,残忍的


例句:

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

在处理任何内部政治分歧的苗头时,总统都毫不留情。


例句:

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

已故的报业大亨因为残忍地对待员工而遭到谴责。


坚决的,果断的


例句:

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

她的律师在讨论离婚协议的过程中表现得非常坚决。


例句:

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

成功合并两家银行需要坚决快速地着手解决费用问题。


二、词义辨析:


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

这些形容词都有“残忍的”,“野蛮的”之意。cruel一般用词,指行动或态度的残忍。brutal指极端的残忍,强调无情或缺乏同情心,含不择手段的意味。 inhuman着重缺乏同情心、仁爱等人类特有的良好的品质。savage指缺乏文明人应有的教养,尤指在动怒或冲动时表现出的粗野蛮横,含野蛮意味。barbarous专指只有原始或未开化的人才会有的残忍行为。fierce指天性凶恶,令人害怕。ruthless与cruel同义。强调为达到目的,对别人的痛苦毫无怜悯之心。


三、参考例句:


The teacher was ruthless about my mistake.

老师对我的错误毫不留情。


The ruthless enemy killed the old lady.

残忍的敌人杀害了那位老太太。


To foreign observers, American capitalism looks ruthless.

对于外国人来说,美国的资本主义看起来是残忍的。


He is a shrewd and sometimes ruthless adversary.

他是个精明的、有时候冷酷无情的对手。


He was utterly ruthless in his determination to succeed.

他下定决心争取成功。


We demand therefore the ruthless confiscation of all war profits.

因此,我们要求毫不手软地没收一切战争所得。


Fascism is the most ruthless enemy of the people.

法西斯主义是人民最残酷无情的敌人。


Fascists is the most ruthless enemy of the people.

法西斯是人民最残酷无情的敌人。


He shows ruthless disregard for other people's feelings.

他对别人的感情漠不关心。


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

他们代表了一个残暴的非法政权,这样的政权是不可能长久的。