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unforgivable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·for·giv·a·ble /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvəbəl◂ $ -fər-/ adjective  FORGIVE#an unforgivable action is so bad or cruel that you cannot forgive the person who did it 不可原谅的,不可饶恕的 Patrick had deceived her, and that was unforgivable. 帕特里克欺骗了她,那是不可原谅的。 the unforgivable sin of informing on your friends 出卖朋友这种不可饶恕的恶行unforgivably adverb
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unforgivableHis betrayal was unforgivable.On another occasion a relatively small misdemeanour proved unforgivable.She thought his behaviour was unforgivable.She thinks my leaving her alone with our parents is a great and unforgivable betrayal.This is unforgivable in the realm of scientific methodology.Franz, the egregiously angry Detective Andy Sipowicz, was his usual unforgivable / lovable self times 10.I put down the pen, because this would be the great, unforgivable Miltonian sin.What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me - and I had let him do it.unforgivable sinMarriage in his eyes is sacred; adultery the unforgivable sin.Luke O'Malley had committed the unforgivable sin - he had informed on his friends.Death is the unforgivable sin of modernity, and the modern world will have nothing to do with her.
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unforgivable
unforgivable /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvəbəl◂ $ -fər-/ adjective
 Word Family: verb: forgive; noun: forgiveness; adverb: unforgivably; adjective: forgivingunforgiving
an unforgivable action is so bad or cruel that you cannot forgive the person who did it:
    Patrick had deceived her, and that was unforgivable.
    the unforgivable sin of informing on your friends
—unforgivably adverb


un·for·giv·ableBrE /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnfərˈɡɪvəbl/ 🔊 adjectiveif sb's behaviour is unforgivable, it is so bad or unacceptable that you cannot forgive the person 不可原谅的;难以饶恕的 SYN inexcusable OPP forgivable un·for·giv·ably BrE /ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnfərˈɡɪvəbli/ 🔊 adverb