Refusing to bend. An uncompromising person holds to what they believe and will not soften it to make others comfortable or to reach a deal. The word comes from compromise — meeting halfway — so uncompromising is exactly the refusal to meet halfway.

Refusing to bend拒絕讓步。An uncompromising person holds to what they believeuncompromising形容一個人堅持自己相信的事 and而 will not soften it不會軟化立場 to make others comfortable or to reach a deal為了讓別人舒服或達成協議。The word comes from compromise這個字源自compromise妥協 — meeting halfway意思是各退一半 — so所以 uncompromising is exactly the refusal to meet halfway就是完全拒絕各退一半。

Whether that is praise or criticism depends entirely on who is speaking and what is at stake. Called an uncompromising defender of human rights, you are brave; called an uncompromising boss, you are impossible to work with. English keeps both readings alive in the same word, and readers judge from the sentence.

Whether that is praise or criticism這算是稱讚還是批評 depends entirely on who is speaking and what is at stake完全要看是誰在說話、又牽涉到什麼利害關係。Called an uncompromising defender of human rights被稱作『不妥協的人權捍衛者』, you are brave你是勇敢的; called an uncompromising boss被稱作『不妥協的老闆』, you are impossible to work with你是難搞到沒人受得了。English keeps both readings alive in the same word英文讓這兩種解讀同時活在同一個字裡, and而 readers judge from the sentence讀者要從句子裡自己判斷。

It also spreads beyond people. Critics love it for art that refuses to make itself pleasant — an uncompromising film, an uncompromising portrait of poverty, meaning it shows the ugly truth without softening it, and that is a compliment. In advertising you will see 'uncompromising quality', meaning nothing was cut to save money.

It also spreads beyond people它也不只用在人身上。Critics love it for art that refuses to make itself pleasant評論家喜歡用它來形容那些拒絕討好觀眾的藝術 — an uncompromising film毫不妥協的電影, an uncompromising portrait of poverty毫不修飾的貧窮寫照, meaning it shows the ugly truth without softening it意思是它呈現醜陋的真相、不加以軟化, and而 that is a compliment這是一種稱讚。In advertising在廣告裡 you will see 'uncompromising quality'你會看到『絕不妥協的品質』, meaning nothing was cut to save money意思是沒有為了省錢而偷工減料。

Its close neighbours are firm (gentler), stubborn (clearly negative), and principled (clearly positive) — uncompromising sits in the middle and lets you stay slightly ambiguous, which is often why a writer chooses it.

Its close neighbours are它的近義詞有 firm (gentler)firm堅定（比較溫和）, stubborn (clearly negative)stubborn固執（明顯負面）, and和 principled (clearly positive)principled有原則（明顯正面）— uncompromising sits in the middleuncompromising則位在中間 and而 lets you stay slightly ambiguous讓你可以保留一點模糊空間, which is often why a writer chooses it這也常常是作者選用它的原因。