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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
      1. 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。

    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.
      1. Soccer referees have a thankless task.
        足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。

    双语例句

    • Does the president's speech presage a newly energetic sally by the administration into this thankless, daunting battlefield?
      奥巴马的讲话是否预示着美国政府将在这片冷酷、棘手的战场上重新发起冲锋?
    • I said it last year-and I'll say it again. There is only one activity more thankless than predicting the future-and that is publicly sharing your predictions.
      我去年就说过今年要再强调的一点是:唯一比预测未来更不招人待见的事情就是公开自己的预言。
    • A new study says that having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all.
      一项新研究称,拥有一份琐碎麻烦、不稳定且不被认同的差劲工作,甚至比没有工作更让人窝心。
    • She might feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it was to have a thankless child.
      让她也知道知道有个负心的孩子要比挨毒蛇的牙齿咬还要痛苦。
    • Don't tell him, Joe, that I was thankless;
      乔,你千万不要告诉他说我是忘恩之辈;
    • 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。
    • Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.
      罗斯福不大愿意承担这种徒劳无益的任务。
    • Thankless job collecting garbage is a thankless job, but someone's got to do it.
      不被尊重的工作收垃圾是一件不受尊重的工作,却有人一直在做这事。
    • Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do.
      即使是那种没人愿意干的吃力不讨好的活儿也要主动担当。
    • 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。