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sb is heartless
表示某人冷酷无情，常用作表语。
He is heartless to abandon his family.
他抛弃家人，真是无情。
无情的；冷酷的
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无情的；冷酷的
Without compassion, pity, or feeling for others; cruel and uncaring.
He is heartless to abandon his family.
他抛弃家人，真是无情。
无情的；不关心他人的；冷酷的；残忍的。
Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
缺乏感情、怜悯或温暖的
lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
没有心脏的。
Without a physical heart.
缺乏勇气或热情的
devoid of courage or enthusiasm
It was heartless of him to ignore the homeless man on the street.
他对街上的流浪汉视而不见太无情了。
The heartless landlord raised the rent without warning.
无情的房东毫无预警地提高了租金。
She gave him a heartless stare when he asked for help.
当他求助时，她冷冷地瞪了他一眼。
表示某人冷酷无情，常用作表语。
He is heartless to abandon his family.
他抛弃家人，真是无情。
作定语修饰名词，形容人或行为缺乏同情心。
She gave a heartless laugh.
她发出冷酷的笑声。
it作形式主语，不定式短语为真正主语。
It was heartless of him to ignore her cries for help.
他对她的呼救置之不理，真是冷酷无情。
Not this
She felt heartless after the breakup.
Use this
She felt heartbroken after the breakup.
Heartless 意为‘无情的’，指缺乏同情心；而 heartbroken 意为‘心碎的’，指极度悲伤。此处表达的是悲伤情绪，应用 heartbroken。
Not this
He is a heartless.
Use this
He is a heartless person.
Heartless 是形容词，不能直接作名词用，后面需要接名词（如 person）或使用冠词加名词结构。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
冷酷的行为；无情的举动
Burning down the animal shelter was a heartless act.
烧毁动物收容所是一种冷酷的行为。
冷漠无情的人
Only a heartless person would leave a puppy in the freezing cold.
只有冷漠无情的人才会把小狗丢在严寒中。
冷酷的举止；无情的表现
His heartless behavior toward his elderly parents was shameful.
他对年迈父母的无情表现是可耻的。
冷血的杀手
The movie portrays the villain as a heartless killer.
这部电影把反派描绘成一个冷血的杀手。
冷漠的态度
The manager's heartless attitude made the staff feel undervalued.
经理冷漠的态度让员工感到自己不受重视。
冷酷无情的
She described the corporation as cold and heartless.
她形容这家公司冷酷无情。
你真是无情。
Kanye West's hit song 'Heartless' includes the line 'You're so heartless.'
坎耶·韦斯特的热门歌曲《Heartless》中包含了这句歌词：“你真是无情。”
我无情。
The Weeknd's 2019 song 'Heartless' repeats the phrase 'I'm heartless.'
威肯2019年的歌曲《Heartless》中反复出现“我无情”这句歌词。
Use heartless naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
将 heartless 拆成 heart（心）和 less（没有）：没有心的人，自然冷酷无情。想象一个人胸腔空洞，不关心他人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a person's character、commenting on a cruel or uncaring action “heartless” 属于中性偏正式的词，多用于书面语或严肃讨论中，指缺乏同情心或冷酷；日常口语中不算最常用，表达类似意思时也常说 cruel 或 cold-hearted。
与 artless /ˈɑrtləs/ 完全押韵。heart、hearty 以 /hɑrt/ 开头读音相同；fearless 只共享末尾 /ləs/，因重音不同而不押韵。注意 heard /hɜrd/、earth /ɜrθ/ 拼写相似但读音不同。
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