thankless
英 [ˈθæŋkləs]
美 [ˈθæŋkləs]
adj. 让人不领情的; 徒劳无益的; 吃力不讨好的
BNC.33006 / COCA.24187
牛津词典
adj.
- 让人不领情的;徒劳无益的;吃力不讨好的
unpleasant or difficult to do and unlikely to bring you any rewards or thanks from anyone- Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
做母亲和家庭主妇有时使人觉得好像是个受累不讨好的差使。
- Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (工作、任务)吃力不讨好的,劳而无功的
If you describe a job or task asthankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards.- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
双语例句
- What I believed would be a spectacular work experience swiftly revealed itself to be a series of thankless performances in such splashy venues as cafeterias and dormitory lobbies.
我原来以为这是一次了不起的经历,可很快却发现在那些餐厅和寝室大厅这些场地进行表演后没有得到一点感激。 - Ungrateful heirs; how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!-shakespeare.
不领情的继承人;比大毒蛇的牙齿更尖利多少呀生个忘恩负义的孩子!莎士比亚。 - Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。 - There are excellent reasons for not giving Athens any immediate relief from its thankless task, however.
不过,有充足的理由不把希腊从徒劳无功的改革努力中立即解救出来。 - Being a middle manager is the most thankless job ever invented.
担任中层经理是人类有史以来发明的最吃力不讨好的工作。 - Suing the ultimate Chinese culprit is a thankless task.
起诉最终的中国责任人是件费力不讨好的差事。 - I am not thankless, I hope, but that dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me and on all my hopes.
我希望,我并非不感谢上帝!但那可怕的女人似乎给我和我所有的希望笼上了阴影。 - But as Christmas draws near he has confessed on a fans 'website that he is finding it all a pretty thankless task.
但圣诞其间,他在一个球迷网站上公开承认,自己觉得这项工作完全是费力不讨好。 - Deciphering the Chinese economy is a thankless job at the best of times.
即使在最景气的时期,解读中国经济也是一件费力不讨好的事情。 - Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。