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merciless

🇬🇧 UK/'mә:silis/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

adj.

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

无情的;残忍的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
mercigoods, merchandise, trade
+
lesswithout, lacking
=merciless

Common Collocations

  • 1.merciless attack无情的攻击
  • 2.merciless criticism严厉的批评
  • 3.merciless weather恶劣的天气

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The enemy's merciless attacks left the city in ruins.

  • 2.

    The sun was merciless during the hottest days of summer.

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