英['ruːθləs]美['ruːθləs]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
ruth，怜悯，悲哀，-less，无，没有。
adjective(形容词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)
小知识
Ruthless means showing no mercy or compassion. If you really want to cut down on the clutter in your apartment, you can't be sentimental about keepsakes. You have to be ruthless and throw out everything that's not absolutely essential.
If you're ruthless, you're the polar opposite of Mother Theresa. You get called heartless and cold-blooded. That's one of the reasons the word crops up so often to describe dictators and tyrants, though it can also apply to other personality types — like corporate raiders and colleagues so success-driven that they'll gladly steamroll anyone to get ahead. It finds its way into milder contexts, too: Just be ruthless and rip off the Band-Aid already!
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单词用法
词语辨析
cruel，brutal，inhuman，savage，barbarous，fierce，ruthless。这些形容词都有“残忍的”，“野蛮的”的意思。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。
同根词汇
ruthless adv.ruthlessly无情地；残忍地；冷酷地n.ruthlessness无情；冷酷；残忍
同义词辨析
cruel, brutal, inhuman, savage, barbarous, fierce, ruthless
这些形容词都有”残忍的，野蛮的”之意。