Word
mercilessness
noun
冷酷无情；残忍
the property of being merciless
- 1.
The property of being merciless.
不仁慈；残忍；冷酷无情。
不仁慈；残忍；冷酷无情。；冷酷无情；凉薄
In use
The dictator's mercilessness towards his opponents shocked the international community.
She couldn't forgive the mercilessness of his decision to fire the loyal employees.
The novel explores the theme of mercilessness in the pursuit of power.
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。
show/display mercilessness (toward sb)
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。
with mercilessness
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。
Common mistakes
He is mercilessness.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。
He showed many mercilessnesses.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。
Connections
Confusing words
- merciless
- 冷酷的，无情的 · 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
- 残忍，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。
Word family
- mercy
- 仁慈；怜悯 · noun
- merciless
- 冷酷无情的；残忍的 · adjective
- mercilessly
- 冷酷无情地；残忍地 · adverb
- merciful
- 仁慈的；宽恕的 · adjective
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.