the mercilessness of sth
用于强调某事物或某人的冷酷本质。
The mercilessness of the dictator shocked the world.
独裁者的冷酷无情震惊了世界。
冷酷无情；残忍
不仁慈；残忍；冷酷无情。；凉薄
不仁慈；残忍；冷酷无情。
The property of being merciless.
The dictator's mercilessness towards his opponents shocked the international community.
独裁者对反对者的冷酷无情震惊了国际社会。
用法提示：用作名词，指代某人的冷酷性格或行为。
She couldn't forgive the mercilessness of his decision to fire the loyal employees.
她无法原谅他解雇忠实员工时的无情决定。
用法提示：用作名词，描述决定中体现的无情特质。
The novel explores the theme of mercilessness in the pursuit of power.
这部小说探讨了追逐权力过程中的冷酷无情主题。
用法提示：用作名词，作为抽象概念讨论。
用于强调某事物或某人的冷酷本质。
The mercilessness of the dictator shocked the world.
独裁者的冷酷无情震惊了世界。
动词常与toward或to搭配。
The general showed mercilessness toward the prisoners.
将军对战俘表现出冷酷无情。
介词短语作方式状语。
The storm struck with mercilessness, destroying everything.
风暴以冷酷无情之势袭击，摧毁了一切。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is mercilessness.
正确表达He is merciless.
Mercilessness是名词，表示‘冷酷无情’的状态，而这里需要形容词merciless来描述人的性格。在英语中，be动词后应接形容词作表语，而不是名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed many mercilessnesses.
正确表达He showed much mercilessness.
Mercilessness作为抽象名词，是不可数的，不能用复数形式many修饰，而要用much表示程度。此外，mercilessness本身已包含‘冷酷无情’的抽象概念，不应加复数。
mercilessness 是名词，表示冷酷无情这一性质；merciless 是形容词，描述人或行为冷酷无情。
ruthlessness 与 mercilessness 意义非常接近，但 ruthlessness 更强调不计后果的决绝，而 mercilessness 侧重缺乏怜悯之心。
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