relentlessly

副词，表示某个行动或过程持续不断、毫不松懈，也常带有令人难以逃避或令人疲惫的意味。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一台不停运转的机器：它不会停下，也不会放松，于是事情便“持续不断地、毫不留情地”发生。relentlessly 就是把这种 relentless（不懈、无情的）状态用于动作或过程。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“持续不断地、毫不松懈地”这一核心义，再注意它常带有压力大、令人疲惫或不留情面的感情色彩。
不要把它简单理解成中性的一直；在许多语境中，它暗示这种持续让人难以承受。

📖 中文释义

adv

core 持续不断地；毫不松懈地

📖 表示某个动作或过程一直持续，不给人喘息或停止的机会；根据语境，也可译为“无情地”或“不停地”。

💡 常用“relentlessly + 施加、追赶、攻击、上涨”等表示持续作用的动词，也可放在句末修饰整个动作。它通常强调强度和压力，而不是普通的频率；若只想说“持续很久”而没有压迫感，可考虑使用表示持续的普通副词。

The rain fell relentlessly throughout the night.

大雨整夜不停地下着。

She worked relentlessly to finish the project on time.

她毫不松懈地工作，力求按时完成项目。

more relentlessly comparative most relentlessly superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

in a relentless manner

同义词集: relentlessly unrelentingly

he worked relentlessly

🌳 词源

由 relentless 加副词后缀 -ly 构成。

English relentless Middle English -ly English -ly English relentlessly From relentless + -ly (suffix forming abverbs from adjectives and nouns). Relentless is derived from relent (“(noun) act of relenting or giving way, yielding; (verb) to become less cruel or harsh; to become less intense”) + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking, without’); and relent from Middle English relenten (“to melt; to soften; to dissolve in water; of weather: to be cool and moist”), from Anglo-Norman relenter, relentir (“to melt; to shrivel; to give up; to slacken”), and also influenced by Middle French ralenter, ralentir (“to abate; to slow down”) (modern French ralentir), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’ having intensifying effect) + alenter, alentir (“to slow down”) (from Old French alentir, from a- (prefix denoting entering a state or progressing towards a goal) + lent (“slow”) (from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lentos (“pliant; soft; smooth”)) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of verbs)).

🔄 变式

more relentlessly compar most relentlessly superl

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