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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

    • Skin has the thankless job of coating and protecting your whole body, making it your most easily damaged organ.
      皮肤辛苦的担任着包裹我们和保护我们整个身体的责任,因此它也成为了最容易被伤害的器官。
    • This is often a very thankless job, Legge says.
      莱格博士说饭馆服务员是个费力不讨好的工作。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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?
    • 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;
    • 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。
    • The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, other private facilities, and state and federal wildlife agencies have efforts under way as well. It's mostly thankless work.
      查塔努加市的田纳西州水族馆、一些私人机构以及州级和国家级的野生动物机构也在尽力,大家做这些工作大都不求回报。